چھتری

Urdu

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit [Term?], from Sanskrit छत्र (chatra) / छत्त्र (chattra). Compare Hindi छाता (chātā), Nepali छातो (chāto), Punjabi چَھتْری‎ (chatrī) / ਛਤਰੀ (chatrī).

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃʰət̪.ɾiː/
Rhymes: -iː
Hyphenation: چَھتْ‧ری

Noun

چَھتْری • (chatrī) f (Hindi spelling छतरी)

umbrella

Declension

Declension of چھتری
	singular	plural
direct	چھتری‎ (chatrī)	چھتریاں‎ (chatriyā̃)
oblique	چھتری‎ (chatrī)	چھتریوں‎ (chatriyō̃)
vocative	چھتری‎ (chatrī)	چھتریو‎ (chatriyō)

Descendants

→ Pashto: چترۍ‎

References

“چھتری”, in اُردُو لُغَت (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
“چھتری”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.
Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “cháttra”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 272