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

(Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃɪʈ.ʈäː/
Rhymes: -äː

Adjective

چِٹّا • (ciṭṭā) (Gurmukhi spelling ਚਿੱਟਾ)

(colour) white
Synonym: سَفَیْد‎ (safaid)
fair, white-skinned

Declension

Declension of چٹا‎
	masculine			feminine
	singular	plural		singular	plural
direct	چِٹّا‎ (ciṭṭā)	چِٹّے‎ (ciṭṭe)		چِٹّی‎ (ciṭṭī)	چِٹِّیْاں‎ (ciṭṭiiyāṉ)
oblique	چِٹّے‎ (ciṭṭe)	چِٹِّیاں‎ (ciṭṭiyāṉ)		چِٹّی‎ (ciṭṭī)	چِٹِّیْاں‎ (ciṭṭiiyāṉ)

Noun

چِٹّا • (ciṭṭā) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਚਿੱਟਾ)

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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