छुट्टा

Hindi

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *úd

Proto-Indo-Iranian *ud-

Sanskrit उद्- (ud-)

Proto-Indo-European *selǵ-

Sanskrit सृज् (sṛj)

Sanskrit उत्सृज् (utsṛj)

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Indo-Iranian *-tás

Sanskrit -त (-ta)

Sanskrit उत्सृष्ट (utsṛṣṭa)bf.?

Prakrit 𑀙𑀼𑀝𑁆𑀝 (chuṭṭa)

Hindi छुट्टा

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀙𑀼𑀝𑁆𑀝 (chuṭṭa) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-), without cluster simplification. Compare छूटना (chūṭnā, “to be released”) and छूट (chūṭ, “liberty, freedom”). Cognate with Punjabi ਛੁੱਟ (chuṭṭa) / چُھٹّ (chuṭṭ), Gujarati છુટ્ટું (chuṭṭũ), Marathi सुटे (suṭe).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃʰʊʈ.ʈɑː/, [t͡ʃʰʊʈ̚.ʈäː]

Adjective

छुट्टा • (chuṭṭā) (Urdu spelling چُھٹّا)

1. untethered, unrestrained
2. detached, single, unencumbered
3. mere, simple
4. miscellaneous

Declension

Declension of छुट्टा (ā-stem)

	masculine		feminine
	singular	plural	singular	plural
direct	छुट्टा chuṭṭā	छुट्टे chuṭṭe	छुट्टी chuṭṭī	छुट्टी chuṭṭī
oblique	छुट्टे chuṭṭe	छुट्टे chuṭṭe	छुट्टी chuṭṭī	छुट्टी chuṭṭī
vocative	छुट्टे chuṭṭe	छुट्टे chuṭṭe	छुट्टी chuṭṭī	छुट्टी chuṭṭī

Noun

छुट्टा • (chuṭṭā) m (Urdu spelling چُھٹّا)

1. a small change

Declension

Declension of छुट्टा (masc ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	छुट्टा chuṭṭā	छुट्टे chuṭṭe
oblique	छुट्टे chuṭṭe	छुट्टों chuṭṭõ
vocative	छुट्टे chuṭṭe	छुट्टो chuṭṭo

Further reading

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975), “छुट्टा”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. “Sea of Hindi words”] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
• “छुट्टा”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2026.
• Platts, John T. (1884), “छुट्टा”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “छुट्टा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press