चिट्ठी

Hindi

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *ciṣṭa- (“message”)

Pronunciation

(Delhi) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃɪʈ.ʈʰiː/, [t͡ʃɪʈ̚.ʈʰiː]

Noun

चिट्ठी • (ciṭṭhī) f (Urdu spelling چٹی)

1. letter (written message)

Synonyms

• ख़त (xat), पत्र (patra)

Descendants

• → Bengali: চিঠি (ciṭhi)
• → English: chitty
  • ⇒ English: chit

References

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