चटाई
See also: चटई
Hindi
Etymology
Compare Maithili चटाइ (caṭāɨ) / 𑒔𑒙𑒰𑒃 (caṭāi), Punjabi ਚਟਾਈ (caṭāī) / چَٹائی (caṭā'ī), Gujarati ચટાઈ (caṭāī), Marathi चटई (caṭaī), Nepali चटाई (caṭāī), Oriya ଚଟାଇ (côṭai), Bengali চটা (côṭa).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /t͡ʃə.ʈɑː.iː/, [t͡ʃə.ʈäː.iː]
Noun
चटाई • (caṭāī) f (Urdu spelling چَٹائی)
- mat, floormat
- वह चटाई बाँस की बनी है ― vah caṭāī bā̃s kī banī hai ― That mat is made of bamboo
Declension
Declension of चटाई (fem ind ī-stem)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | चटाई caṭāī | चटाइयाँ caṭāiyā̃ |
| oblique | चटाई caṭāī | चटाइयों caṭāiyõ |
| vocative | चटाई caṭāī | चटाइयो caṭāiyo |
Further reading
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “चटाई”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “*caṭṭa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press