باتچیت

Urdu

Alternative forms

• بات چِیت (bāt cīt)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Urdu بات (bāt)

Proto-Indo-European *kʷey-?

Proto-Indo-European *kʷeyt-

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Indo-Iranian *čítˢtiš

Sanskrit चित्ति (citti)

Urdu باتچیت

Compound of بات (bāt, “talk, matter”) +‎ چیت* (*cīt), a term found only in this compound, from Prakrit 𑀘𑀺𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀺 (citti), from Sanskrit चित्ति (citti, “thought”). Cognate to Gujarati વાતચીત (vātcīt).

Noun

باتچِیت • (bātcīt) f (Hindi spelling बातचीत)

1. conversation, dialogue, talk

Declension

Declension of باتچیت

	singular	plural
direct	باتچِیت (bātcīt)	باتچِیتیں (bātcītẽ)
oblique	باتچِیت (bātcīt)	باتچِیتوں (bātcītõ)
vocative	باتچِیت (bātcīt)	باتچِیتو (bātcīto)

Synonyms

• گُفْتَگُو (guftagū)

Further reading

• Platts, John T. (1884), “بات”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 118
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “بات+چيت”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 92
• “باتچیت”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2026.
• John Shakespear (1834), “بات”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3^rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC, page 190
• “بات+چیت”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.