ચિઠ્ઠી

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Gujarati[edit]

ચિઠ્ઠી

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀘𑀺𑀝𑁆𑀞 (ciṭṭha) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀇𑀓- (-ika-), from Sanskrit *चिष्ट (ciṣṭa, “message”), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *ćiṣṭás, possibly from Proto-Indo-Iranian *čištás, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷis-tós, from *kʷeys- (“to observe”).[1] Cognate with Assamese চিঠি (sithi), Bengali চিঠি (ciṭhi), Hindustani چٹھی / चिट्ठी (ciṭṭhī), Marathi चिठ्ठी (ciṭhṭhī), Nepali चिठी (ciṭhī), Rajasthani चिट्ठी (ciṭṭhī), and Sindhi چِٺي / चिठी (ciṭhī).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

ચિઠ્ઠી • (ciṭhṭhī) f

  1. letter, a written or printed communication
    Synonyms: પત્ર (patra), ખત (khat), મકતૂબ (maktūb)

Declension[edit]

Declension of ચિઠ્ઠી
singular plural
nominative ચિઠ્ઠી (ciṭhṭhī) ચિઠ્ઠીઓ (ciṭhṭhīo)
oblique ચિઠ્ઠી (ciṭhṭhī) ચિઠ્ઠીઓ (ciṭhṭhīo)
vocative ચિઠ્ઠી (ciṭhṭhī) ચિઠ્ઠીઓ (ciṭhṭhīo)
instrumental ચિઠ્ઠી (ciṭhṭhī) ચિઠ્ઠીઓ (ciṭhṭhīo)
locative ચિઠ્ઠીએ (ciṭhṭhīe) ચિઠ્ઠીઓએ (ciṭhṭhīoe)

References[edit]

  1. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*ciṣṭa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
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