चिठ्ठी
Marathi
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan *ćiṣṭás (“message”) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀇𑀓𑀸- (-ikā-) (see Hindi चिट्ठी (ciṭṭhī) for more). Compare Gujarati ચિઠ્ઠી (ciṭhṭhī), Hindustani چِٹِّھی (ciṭṭhī) / चिट्ठी (ciṭṭhī), Punjabi ਚਿੱਟ (ciṭṭa) / چِٹّ (ciṭṭ), Nepali चिठी (ciṭhī), Bengali চিঠি (ciṭhi), Assamese চিঠি (sithi).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t͡ɕiʈ.ʈʰi/, [t͡ɕiʈ.ʈʰiː]
- Rhymes: -i
- Hyphenation: चि‧ठ्ठी, चिठ्‧ठी
Noun
चिठ्ठी • (ciṭhṭhī) f
Declension
| Declension of चिठ्ठी (fem ī-stem) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| direct singular |
चिठ्ठी ciṭhṭhaī | ||
| direct plural |
चिठ्ठ्या ciṭhṭhayā | ||
| singular एकवचन |
plural अनेकवचन | ||
| nominative प्रथमा |
चिठ्ठी ciṭhṭhaī |
चिठ्ठ्या ciṭhṭhayā | |
| oblique सामान्यरूप |
चिठ्ठी ciṭhṭhaī |
चिठ्ठ्यां- ciṭhṭhayān- | |
| acc. / dative द्वितीया / चतुर्थी |
चिठ्ठीला ciṭhṭhaīlā |
चिठ्ठ्यांना ciṭhṭhayānnā | |
| ergative | चिठ्ठीने, चिठ्ठीनं ciṭhṭhaīne, ciṭhṭhaīna |
चिठ्ठ्यांनी ciṭhṭhayānnī | |
| instrumental | चिठ्ठीशी ciṭhṭhaīśī |
चिठ्ठ्यांशी ciṭhṭhayānśī | |
| locative सप्तमी |
चिठ्ठीत ciṭhṭhaīt |
चिठ्ठ्यांत ciṭhṭhayāt | |
| vocative संबोधन |
चिठ्ठी ciṭhṭhaī |
चिठ्ठ्यांनो ciṭhṭhayānno | |
| Oblique Note: The oblique case precedes all postpositions. There is no space between the stem and the postposition. Locative Note: -त (-ta) is a postposition. | |||
| Genitive declension of चिठ्ठी (fem ī-stem) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine object पुल्लिंगी कर्म |
feminine object स्त्रीलिंगी कर्म |
neuter object नपुसकलिंगी कर्म |
oblique सामान्यरूप | |||||
| singular एकवचन |
plural अनेकवचन |
singular एकवचन |
plural अनेकवचन |
singular* एकवचन |
plural अनेकवचन |
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| singular subject एकवचनी कर्ता |
चिठ्ठीचा ciṭhṭhaīċā |
चिठ्ठीचे ciṭhṭhaīċe |
चिठ्ठीची ciṭhṭhaīcī |
चिठ्ठीच्या ciṭhṭhaīcā |
चिठ्ठीचे, चिठ्ठीचं ciṭhṭhaīċe, ciṭhṭhaīċa |
चिठ्ठीची ciṭhṭhaīcī |
चिठ्ठीच्या ciṭhṭhaīcā | |
| plural subject अनेकवचनी कर्ता |
चिठ्ठ्यांचा ciṭhṭhayānċā |
चिठ्ठ्यांचे ciṭhṭhayānċe |
चिठ्ठ्यांची ciṭhṭhayāñcī |
चिठ्ठ्यांच्या ciṭhṭhayāncā |
चिठ्ठ्यांचे, चिठ्ठ्यांचं ciṭhṭhayānċe, ciṭhṭhayānċa |
चिठ्ठ्यांची ciṭhṭhayāñcī |
चिठ्ठ्यांच्या ciṭhṭhayāñcā | |
| * Note: Word-final ए (e) in neuter words is alternatively written with the anusvara and pronounced as अ (a). Oblique Note: For most postpostions, the oblique genitive can be optionally inserted between the stem and the postposition. | ||||||||
Derived terms
- सोडचिठ्ठी (soḍciṭhṭhī, “divorce paper”)
References
- Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “चिठ्ठी”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
- Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “चिट्टी,+चिठी,+चिठ्ठी”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press, page 282
- दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “चिठ्ठी”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ)
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*ciṣṭa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press