ਚਿੱਟਾ
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See also: ਚਿਟਾ
Punjabi
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- ਚਿਟਾ (ciṭā)
Etymology 1
[edit]Inherited from Old Punjabi ਚਿਟਾ (ciṭā /ciṭṭā/), a Middle Indo-Aryan borrowing from Proto-Nuristani *crittá,[1] from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćwitrás, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwit-ró-s (whence Sanskrit श्वित्र (śvitrá)).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Punjabi) IPA(key): /t͡ʃɪʈ̚.ʈäː/
- Rhymes: -äː
Adjective
[edit]ਚਿੱਟਾ • (ciṭṭā) (Shahmukhi spelling چِٹّا)
Declension
[edit]Declension of ਚਿੱਟਾ | |||||
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masculine | feminine | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
direct | ਚਿੱਟਾ (ciṭṭā) | ਚਿੱਟੇ (ciṭṭe) | ਚਿੱਟੀ (ciṭṭī) | ਚਿੱਟੀਆਂ (ciṭṭīā̃) | |
oblique | ਚਿੱਟੇ (ciṭṭe) | ਚਿੱਟਿਆਂ (ciṭṭiā̃) | ਚਿੱਟੀ (ciṭṭī) | ਚਿੱਟੀਆਂ (ciṭṭīā̃) |
Noun
[edit]ਚਿੱਟਾ • (ciṭṭā) m
- white (colour)
- (slang) cocaine, LSD, and drugs in general
- ਚਿੱਟਾ ਬਰਬਾਦ ਕਰੀ ਜਾਂਦੈ ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਦੀ ਜਵਾਨੀ ਨੂੰ.
- ciṭṭā barbād karī jāndai pañjābī dī javānī nū̃.
- Drugs are ruining Punjab's youth.
References
[edit]- ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “śvitrá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 740
Etymology 2
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]ਚਿੱਟਾ • (ciṭṭā) m
- Chita (a city, the administrative center of Zabaykalsky Krai, Siberia, Russia).
See also
[edit]ਚਿੱਟਾ (ciṭṭā), ਬੱਗਾ (baggā) | ਸਲੇਟੀ (saleṭī) | ਕਾਲ਼ਾ (kāḷā) |
ਲਾਲ (lāl), ਰੱਤਾ (rattā); ਸੂਹਾ (sūhā) | ਮਾਲਟਾ (mālṭā), ਨਾਰੰਗੀ (nāraṅgī); ਭੂਰਾ (bhūrā) | ਪੀਲ਼ਾ (pīḷā), ਖੱਟਾ (khaṭṭā) |
ਨਿੰਬੂ (nimbū), ਪਿਸਤਾ (pistā), ਅੰਗੂਰੀ (aṅgūrī) | ਸਾਵਾ (sāvā), ਹਰਾ (harā) | |
ਆਸਮਾਨੀ (āsamānī), ਅਸਮਾਨੀ (asamānī) | ਆਸਮਾਨੀ (āsamānī), ਅਸਮਾਨੀ (asamānī) | ਨੀਲਾ (nīlā) |
ਜਾਮਨੀ (jāmnī), ਊਦਾ (ūdā) | ਬੈਂਗਣੀ (baiṅgṇī) | ਗੁਲਾਬੀ (gulābī) |
Further reading
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- Punjabi terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ḱweyt-
- Punjabi terms inherited from Old Punjabi
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- Punjabi terms derived from Proto-Nuristani
- Punjabi terms derived from Proto-Indo-Iranian
- Punjabi terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Punjabi/äː
- Rhymes:Punjabi/äː/2 syllables
- Punjabi lemmas
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