छत
Hindi
Etymology
Inherited from Sanskrit *छत्ति (*chatti, “covering, roof”), from the root छद् (chad, “to cover”) + -ति (-ti). Displaced Old Hindi छात (chāta), from the same Sanskrit source.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Hindi) IPA(key): /t͡ʃʰət̪/, [t͡ʃʰɐt̪]
Noun
छत • (chat) f (Urdu spelling چھت)
- roof, ceiling
- वर्षा ऋतु के समय में, हमारी छत हमेशा टपकती है।
- varṣā ŕtu ke samay mẽ, hamārī chat hameśā ṭapaktī hai.
- During the monsoon season, our roof always leaks.
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | छत chat |
छतें chatẽ |
| oblique | छत chat |
छतों chatõ |
| vocative | छत chat |
छतो chato |
Related terms
- छदि (chadi)
- छतरी (chatrī)
Descendants
- → Nepali: छत (chat)
References
- Platts, John T. (1884), “छत”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “chatti”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press