c̣híitr

Phalura

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *teḱ-

Proto-Indo-European *tḱey-

Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr

Proto-Indo-European *-trom

Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćšáytram

Sanskrit क्षेत्र (kṣetra)

Phalura c̣híitr

Inherited from Sanskrit क्षेत्र (kṣetra), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćšáytram, from Proto-Indo-European *tḱey- + *-trom.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʈʂʰíitr/

Noun

c̣híitr m (Perso-Arabic spelling ڇِھیتر)

1. field
2. (tilled) land

Inflection

Declension of c̣híitr (a-decl)
	singular	plural
nominative	c̣híitr	c̣híitra
oblique	c̣híitra	c̣híitram

Alternative forms

• c̣héetr (Biori)

References

• Henrik Liljegren, Naseem Haider (2011) “c̣híitr”, in Palula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7)‎^[1], Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives, →ISBN
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “kṣḗtra”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 195