Reconstruction:Sanskrit/चिष्ट

This Sanskrit entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *ćiṣṭás, possibly from Proto-Indo-Iranian *čištás (compare Younger Avestan 𐬗𐬌𐬥𐬀𐬯𐬙𐬌 (cinasti)), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷis-tós, from *kʷeys- (“to observe”).

Noun

*चिष्ट • (ciṣṭa) stem, ?

1. message

Descendants

• Dardic:
  • Shina: چٹھ (čiṭhi, “letter”)
• Eastern:
  • Magadhi Prakrit:
    • Assamese: সিঠি (xithi)
    • Bengali: চিঠা (ciṭha, “tally”), চিঠি (ciṭhi, “letter”)
    • Maithili: चीठी (cīṭhī, “letter”)
    • Odia: ଚିଠା (ciṭhā, “rough draft”), ଚିଠି (ciṭhi, “letter”)
• Northern:
  • Khasa Prakrit:
    • Nepali: चिट्ठा (ciṭṭhā, “lot”), चिठि (ciṭhi, “letter”)
• Central:
  • Shauraseni Prakrit:
    • Awadhi: चीठी (cīṭhī, “letter”)
    • Gujarati: ચિટ્ઠી (ciṭṭhī)
    • Hindustani:
      • Hindi: चिट्ठा (ciṭṭhā, “ballot”), चिट्ठी (ciṭṭhī), चीठी (cīṭhī, “letter”)
      • Urdu: چِٹّھَا (ciṭṭhā, “ballot”), چِٹّھِی (ciṭṭhī), چِیٹھِی (cīṭhī, “letter”)
• Southern:
  • Maharashtri Prakrit:
    • Marathi: चिट्ठा (ciṭṭhā, “account”), चिठी (ciṭhī, “letter”)
• Western:
  • Paisaci Prakrit:
    • Punjabi: ਚਿੱਠੀ (ciṭṭhī), ਚਿੱਠਾ (ciṭṭhā)
      • Lahnda: چِٹّھِی (ciṭṭhī)
    • Sindhi:
      • Arabic script: چٽو (ciṭho, “list”), چٽ (ciṭhi, “letter”)
      • Devanagari script: चिठो (ciṭho, “list”), चिठि (ciṭhi, “letter”)