छत

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See also: छाता and छाती

Hindi[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Punjabi ਛੱਤ (chatta), ultimately from Sanskrit *छत्ति (chatti), from छद् (chad, “to cover”) +‎ -ति (-ti). Eclipsed native Old Hindi छात (chāta), from the same source.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /t͡ʃʰət̪/, [t͡ʃʰɐt̪]

Noun[edit]

छत • (chat) f (Urdu spelling چھت)

  1. roof, ceiling
    वर्षा ऋतु के समय में, हमारी छत हमेशा टपकती है।
    varṣā ŕtu ke samay mẽ, hamārī chat hameśā ṭapaktī hai.
    During the monsoon season, our roof always leaks.

Declension[edit]

Declension of छत (fem cons-stem)
singular plural
direct छत
chat 		छतें
chatẽ
oblique छत
chat 		छतों
chatõ
vocative छत
chat 		छतो
chato

Related terms[edit]

References[edit]

  • Platts, John T. (1884) “छत”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “chatti”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
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