चाचा

See also: चाची and चूं-चूं

Hindi

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-New Indo-Aryan *चाच्च (cācca)
Hindi चाचा

    Inherited from Proto-New Indo-Aryan *चाच्च (cācca) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-), from onomatopoeic nursery words.

    Pronunciation

    • (Standard Hindi) IPA(key): /t͡ʃɑː.t͡ʃɑː/, [t͡ʃäː.t͡ʃäː]

    Noun

    चाचा • (cācā) m (female equivalent चाची, Urdu spelling چاچا)

    1. father's younger brother
      Synonyms: काका (kākā), (endearing) चचा (cacā), (endearing) चाचू (cācū)

    Declension

    Declension of चाचा (masc unmarked ā-stem)
    singular plural
    direct चाचा
    cācā     		चाचा
    cācā
    oblique चाचा
    cācā     		चाचाओं
    cācāõ
    vocative चाचा
    cācā     		चाचाओ
    cācāo

    Descendants

    • → Mauritian Creole: chacha

    References

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