چچی
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Alternative forms
- چاچی (cācī)
Etymology
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Proto-New Indo-Aryan *𑀘𑀸𑀘𑁆𑀘 (*cācca)
Urdu چچی
Inherited from Proto-New Indo-Aryan *𑀘𑀸𑀘𑁆𑀘 (*cācca) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀇𑀓𑀸- (-ikā-), from onomatopoeic nursery words.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /t͡ʃə.t͡ʃiː/
- Rhymes: -iː
Noun
چَچی or چَچّی • (cacī or caccī) f (male equivalent چَچا (cacā) or چَچّا (caccā), Hindi spelling चची or चच्ची)
- aunt (father's younger brother's wife)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | چَچی (cacī) | چَچِیاں (caciyā̃) |
| oblique | چَچی (cacī) | چَچِیوں (caciyō̃) |
| vocative | چَچی (cacī) | چَچِیو (caciyō) |
Further reading
- Fallon, S. W. (1879), “چچی”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co., page 522
- Platts, John T. (1884), “چچی”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 427
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “چچی”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 251
- “چچی”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2026.
- “چچی”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
Ushojo
Noun
چچی (čačī)