छुट्टा
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Hindi
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀙𑀼𑀝𑁆𑀝 (chuṭṭa) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-).[1] 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
[edit]Adjective
[edit]छुट्टा • (chuṭṭā) (Urdu spelling چُھٹّا)
Declension
[edit]Declension of छुट्टा (ā-stem)
Noun
[edit]छुट्टा • (chuṭṭā) m (Urdu spelling چُھٹّا)
Declension
[edit]Declension of छुट्टा (masc ā-stem)
References
[edit]- ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*KṢUṬ”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
Further reading
[edit]- 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, 2024.
- 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