چھٹی

Urdu

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *úd

Proto-Indo-Iranian *ud-

Sanskrit उद्- (ud-)

Proto-Indo-European *selǵ-

Sanskrit सृज् (sṛj)

Sanskrit उत्सृज् (utsṛj)

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Indo-Iranian *-tás

Sanskrit -त (-ta)

Sanskrit उत्सृष्ट (utsṛṣṭa)der.?

Prakrit 𑀙𑀼𑀝𑁆𑀝 (chuṭṭa)

Urdu چھٹی

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀙𑀼𑀝𑁆𑀝 (chuṭṭa) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀇𑀓𑀸- (-ikā-).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃʰʊ.ʈː.iː/
• Rhymes: -iː

Noun

چُھٹّی • (chuṭṭi) f (Hindi spelling छुट्टी)

1. leave, absence from work

   اُس نے ایک ہفتے کی چُھٹّی مان٘گی۔

   usne aik hafte ki chuṭṭi māngi

   He asked for a week's leave.

   (literally, “[he/she/it] has a week 's leave asked.”)

2. holiday, day off

   اگلے اتوار چُھٹّی ہے۔

   agle itwār chuṭṭi hai.

   Next Sunday is a holiday.

   (literally, “next Sunday holiday is.”)

Declension

Declension of چھٹی
	singular	plural
direct	چُھٹّی (chuṭṭī)	چُھٹِّیاں (chuṭṭiyā̃)
oblique	چُھٹّی (chuṭṭī)	چُھٹِّیوں (chuṭṭiyō̃)
vocative	چُھٹّی (chuṭṭī)	چُھٹِّیو (chuṭṭiyō)

Descendants

• → Kalasha: چیِٹی (čiṭi)

References

• “چھٹی”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “چھٹی”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.