چٹا

Punjabi

Etymology

Inherited from Old Punjabi ਚਿਟਾ (ciṭā /⁠ciṭṭā⁠/), a Middle Indo-Aryan borrowing from Proto-Nuristani *crittá, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćwitrás, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwit-ró-s (whence Sanskrit श्वित्र (śvitrá)).

Pronunciation

Adjective

چِٹّا • (ciṭṭā) (Gurmukhi spelling ਚਿੱਟਾ)

  1. white (color/colour)
    Synonym: سَفَیْد (safaid)
  2. fair, white-skinned

Declension
Declension of چٹا
masculine feminine
singular plural singular plural
direct چِٹّا ({{{2}}}ā) چِٹّے ({{{2}}}e) چِٹّی ({{{2}}}ī) چِٹّیاں ({{{2}}}īyāṉ)
oblique چِٹّے ({{{2}}}e) چِٹّیْاں ({{{2}}}iyāṉ) چِٹّی ({{{2}}}ī) چِٹّیاں ({{{2}}}īyāṉ)

See also
Colors in Punjabi · رَن٘گ (raṉg) (layout · text)
     چِٹّا (ciṭṭā), بَگّا (baggā)           کاࣇا (kāḷā)
             لال (lāl), رَتّا (rattā); سُوہا (sūhā)              مالٹا (mālṭā), نَارَنگِی (nārangī); بھُورا (bhūrā)              پِیلا (pīlā), کھَٹّا (khaṭṭā)
             نِمبُو (nimbū), پِستا (pistā), اَنگُوری (angūrī)              ساوا (sāvā), ہَرا (harā)             
             آسمانی (āsmānī)              آسمانی (āsmānī)              نِیلا (nīlā)
             جامنی (jāmnī), اُودا (ūdā)              بَینگی (baingī)              گُولابی (gūlābī)

Noun

چِٹّا • (ciṭṭā) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਚਿੱਟਾ)

  1. a silver coin

Further reading
  • Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “چِٹّا”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
  • “چٹا”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “śvitrá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 740
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