باتچیت
Urdu
Alternative forms
- بات چِیت (bāt cīt)
Etymology
Etymology tree
Compound of بات (bāt, “talk, matter”) + چیت* (*cīt), a term found only in this compound, from Prakrit 𑀘𑀺𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀺 (citti), from Sanskrit चित्ति (citti, “thought”). Cognate to Gujarati વાતચીત (vātcīt).
Noun
باتچِیت • (bātcīt) f (Hindi spelling बातचीत)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | باتچِیت (bātcīt) | باتچِیتیں (bātcītẽ) |
| oblique | باتچِیت (bātcīt) | باتچِیتوں (bātcītõ) |
| vocative | باتچِیت (bātcīt) | باتچِیتو (bātcīto) |
Synonyms
- گُفْتَگُو (guftagū)
Further reading
- Platts, John T. (1884), “بات”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 118
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “بات+چيت”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 92
- “باتچیت”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
- John Shakespear (1834), “بات”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC, page 190
- “بات+چیت”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.