چھوٹ

Urdu

Etymology

From the stem of چُھوٹْنَا‎ (chūṭnā, “to be released”).[1][2]

Pronunciation

Noun

چُھوٹ • (chūṭ) f (Hindi spelling छूट)

  1. escape, deliverance, letting go
  2. freedom, impunity
  3. discount, exemption; concession
  4. separation; divorce
    Synonym: طَلَاق‎ (talāq)
  5. omission, excision

Declension

Declension of چھوٹ
singular plural
direct چُھوٹ‎ (chūṭ) چُھوٹیں‎ (chūṭẽ)
oblique چُھوٹ‎ (chūṭ) چُھوٹوں‎ (chūṭõ)
vocative چُھوٹ‎ (chūṭ) چُھوٹو‎ (chūṭo)

References

  1. McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “chūṭ”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
  2. Platts, John T. (1884), “छूट”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.

Further reading

  • “چھوٹ”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English] (in English), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.
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