तिलचट्टा

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Hindi[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

तेलचट्टा (telcaṭṭā)

Etymology[edit]

From तेल (tel, “oil”) +‎ चाटना (cāṭnā, “to lick, eat up”) +‎ -आ (-ā), named so for its attraction to foodstuffs such as oil.

Pronunciation[edit]

(Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /t̪ɪl.t͡ʃəʈ.ʈɑː/, [t̪ɪl.t͡ʃɐʈ̚.ʈäː]

Noun[edit]

तिलचट्टा • (tilcaṭṭā) m (Urdu spelling تل چٹا)

cockroach

Declension[edit]

Declension of तिलचट्टा (masc ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	तिलचट्टा tilcaṭṭā	तिलचट्टे tilcaṭṭe
oblique	तिलचट्टे tilcaṭṭe	तिलचट्टों tilcaṭṭõ
vocative	तिलचट्टे tilcaṭṭe	तिलचट्टो tilcaṭṭo

References[edit]

McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “तिलचट्टा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

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