تل چٹا

Urdu

Alternative forms

  • تیل چَٹّا (tel caṭṭā)
  • تِلْچَٹّا (tilcaṭṭā)[1]

Etymology

From تیل (tel, “oil”) +‎ چَاٹْنَا (cāṭnā, “to lick”),[2] named so for its attraction to foodstuffs such as oil. Compare Bengali তেলাপোকা (telapōka).

Pronunciation

Noun

تِل چَٹّا • (til caṭṭā) m (Hindi spelling तिलचट्टा)

  1. cockroach
    Synonyms: چَپْڑا (capṛā), (Pakistan) لال بیگ (lāl beg)
    گھر واپس آئے تو ہر جگہ زمین پر مرے ہوئے تل چٹے پڑے ہوئے تھے۔
    ghar vāpas āye to har jagah zamīn par mare hue til caṭṭe paṛe hue the.
    When we got back home, there were dead cockroaches lying on the floor everywhere.

Declension

Declension of تل چٹا
singular plural
direct تِل چَٹّا (til caṭṭā) تِل چَٹّے (til caṭṭe)
oblique تِل چَٹّے (til caṭṭe) تِل چَٹّوں (til caṭṭõ)
vocative تِل چَٹّے (til caṭṭe) تِل چَٹّو (til caṭṭo)

References

  1. ^ “تِلْچَٹَّا”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
  2. ^ John Shakespear (1834), “تل_چٿا”, 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
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