چٹا

Punjabi

Etymology

Inherited from Old Punjabi ਚਿਟਾ (ciṭā /⁠ciṭṭā⁠/), a Middle Indo-Aryan borrowing from Proto-Nuristani *crittá, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćwitrás, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwit-ró-s (whence Sanskrit श्वित्र (śvitrá)).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃɪʈ.ʈäː/
• Rhymes: -äː

Adjective

چِٹّا • (ciṭṭā) (Gurmukhi spelling ਚਿੱਟਾ)

1. white (colour)

   Synonym: سَفَیْد (safaid)

2. fair, white-skinned

Declension

Declension of چٹا

	masculine			feminine
	singular	plural		singular	plural
direct	چِٹّا (ciṭṭā)	چِٹّے (ciṭṭe)		چِٹّی (ciṭṭī)	چِٹِّیاں (ciṭṭiyāṉ)
oblique	چِٹّے (ciṭṭe)	چِٹّیاں (ciṭṭeyāṉ)		چِٹّی (ciṭṭī)	چِٹِّیاں (ciṭṭiyāṉ)

See also

Colors in Punjabi · رَن٘گ (raṉg) (layout · text)

چِٹّا (ciṭṭā), بَگّا (baggā)		کاࣇا (kāḷā)
لال (lāl), رَتّا (rattā); سُوہا (sūhā)	مالٹا (mālṭā), نَارَنگِی (nārangī); بھُورا (bhūrā)	پِیلا (pīlā), کھَٹّا (khaṭṭā)
نِمبُو (nimbū), پِستا (pistā), اَنگُوری (angūrī)	ساوا (sāvā), ہَرا (harā)
آسمانی (āsmānī)	آسمانی (āsmānī)	نِیلا (nīlā)
جامنی (jāmnī), اُودا (ūdā)	بَینگی (baingī)	گُولابی (gūlābī)

Noun

چِٹّا • (ciṭṭā) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਚਿੱਟਾ)

1. white; fair (item, person etc.)
2. a silver coin

Declension

Declension of چٹا

	singular	plural
direct	چِٹّا (ciṭṭā)	چِٹّے (ciṭṭe)
oblique	چِٹّے (ciṭṭe)	چِٹّیاں
vocative	چِٹّیا	چِٹّیو (ciṭṭīv)
ablative	چِٹّیوں (ciṭṭīvṉ)	—
locative	چِٹّے (ciṭṭe)	چِٹِّیں (ciṭṭiīṉ)
instrumental	چِٹّے (ciṭṭe)	چِٹِّیں (ciṭṭiīṉ)

Further reading

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002), “چِٹّا”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat (in Punjabi), Lahore: عزیز پبلشرز [ʻazīz pabliśarz]
• “چٹا”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2026
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “śvitrá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 740