چوٹ

See also: چوپ, حوت, خوب, چوت, جوب, and چوب

Urdu

Etymology

Inherited from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀘𑁄𑀝𑁆𑀝 (*coṭṭa), ultimately from Sanskrit चुट् (cuṭ, “to cut”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃoːʈ/
• Rhymes: -oːʈ

Noun

چوٹ • (coṭ) f (Hindi spelling चोट)

1. hit; blow; attack

   Synonyms: ضَرَب (zarab), مار (mār)

2. injury, hurt

   Synonyms: آگھات (āghāt), جُرْح (jurh), ضَرَر (zarar)

3. (figuratively):
   1. loss; harm
   2. pain; affliction
   3. jealousy
   4. taunt (ie. mockery)

Declension

Declension of چوٹ
	singular	plural
direct	چوٹ (coṭ)	چوٹیں (coṭẽ)
oblique	چوٹ (coṭ)	چوٹوں (coṭõ)
vocative	چوٹ (coṭ)	چوٹو (coṭo)

Further reading

More information

• “چوٹ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “چوٹ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “چوٹ”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
• Platts, John T. (1884) “چوٿ”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 449
• S. W. Fallon (1879) “چوتَ”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co., page 545
• John Shakespear (1834) “چوٹ”, 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