चीतल

Hindi

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit चित्रल (citrala).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃiː.t̪əl/, [t͡ʃiː.t̪ɐl]

Noun

चीतल • (cītal) m (Urdu spelling چِیتَل)

1. axis deer, spotted deer
2. a large spotted snake resembling a python
3. (regional) a freshwater fish

Declension

Declension of चीतल (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	चीतल cītal	चीतल cītal
oblique	चीतल cītal	चीतलों cītalõ
vocative	चीतल cītal	चीतलो cītalo

Descendants

• → English: chital

References

• Bahri, Caturvedi, Dasa-Hindi (2022) “चीतल”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Hindi Dictionaries]