तिलचट्टा

Hindi

Alternative forms

• तेलचट्टा (telcaṭṭā)

Etymology

From तेल (tel, “oil”) +‎ चाटना (cāṭnā, “to lick, eat up”) +‎ -आ (-ā), named so for its attraction to foodstuffs such as oil. Influenced by Sanskrit तैलपायिका (tailapāyikā). Cognate with Bengali তেলাপোকা (telapōka)

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /t̪ɪl.t͡ʃəʈ.ʈɑː/, [t̪ɪl.t͡ʃɐʈ̚.ʈäː]

Noun

तिलचट्टा • (tilcaṭṭā) m (Urdu spelling تل چٹا)

1. cockroach

Declension

Declension of तिलचट्टा (masc ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	तिलचट्टा tilcaṭṭā	तिलचट्टे tilcaṭṭe
oblique	तिलचट्टे tilcaṭṭe	तिलचट्टों tilcaṭṭõ
vocative	तिलचट्टे tilcaṭṭe	तिलचट्टो tilcaṭṭo

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “तिलचट्टा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press