चपटी
Hindi
Etymology
From Sanskrit *चर्पट्ट (carpaṭṭa), चर्पट (carpaṭa, “palm; lying flat”) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀇𑀓𑀸- (-ikā-).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /t͡ʃəp.ʈiː/
Noun
चपटी • (capṭī) f
- (anatomy) palm
- Synonyms: ताली (tālī), हथेली (hathelī), थपड़ी (thapṛī)
- a kind of tick
- Hypernym: किलनी (kilnī)
Declension
Declension of चपटी (fem ī-stem)
singular | plural | |
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direct | चपटी capṭī | चपटियाँ capṭiyā̃ |
oblique | चपटी capṭī | चपटियों capṭiyõ |
vocative | चपटी capṭī | चपटियो capṭiyo |
References
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “चपटी”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press