ਚਿੱਟਾ

ਚਿੱਟਾ

See also: ਚਿਟਾ

Punjabi

Alternative forms

• ਚਿਟਾ (ciṭā)

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Punjabi ਚਿਟਾ (ciṭā /ciṭṭā/), a Middle Indo-Aryan borrowing from Proto-Nuristani *crittá,[1] from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćwitrás, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwit-ró-s (whence Sanskrit श्वित्र (śvitrá)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃɪʈːäː/

Adjective

ਚਿੱਟਾ • (ciṭṭā) (Shahmukhi spelling چِٹّا‎)

1. white

   Synonym: ਸਫ਼ੈਦ (safaid)

2. bleached
3. bright, clear
4. fair, white-skinned

Declension

Declension of ਚਿੱਟਾ
	masculine			feminine
	singular	plural		singular	plural
direct	ਚਿੱਟਾ (ciṭṭā)	ਚਿੱਟੇ (ciṭṭe)		ਚਿੱਟੀ (ciṭṭī)	ਚਿੱਟੀਆਂ (ciṭṭīā̃)
oblique	ਚਿੱਟੇ (ciṭṭe)	ਚਿੱਟਿਆਂ (ciṭṭiā̃)		ਚਿੱਟੀ (ciṭṭī)	ਚਿੱਟੀਆਂ (ciṭṭīā̃)

Noun

ਚਿੱਟਾ • (ciṭṭā) m

1. white (colour)
2. (slang) cocaine, LSD, and drugs in general

   ਚਿੱਟਾ ਬਰਬਾਦ ਕਰੀ ਜਾਂਦੈ ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਦੀ ਜਵਾਨੀ ਨੂੰ.

   ciṭṭā barbād karī jāndai pañjābī dī javānī nū̃.

   Drugs are ruining Punjab's youth.

References

1. Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “śvitrá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 740

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English Chita.

Proper noun

ਚਿੱਟਾ • (ciṭṭā) m

1. Chita (a city, the administrative center of Zabaykalsky Krai, Siberia, Russia).

Further reading

• “ਚਿੱਟਾ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2023
• Singh, Bhai Maya (1895), “ਚਿੱਟਾ”, in The Panjabi Dictionary, Lahore: Munshi Gulab Singh and Sons, page 239.
• “ਚਿੱਟਾ”, in Punjabipedia [ਪੰਜਾਬੀਪੀਡੀਆ] (in Punjabi), Patiala: Punjabi University, 2023