çita

See also: cita, citá, cità, čita, Čita, -cita, and çità

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from English cheetah, from Hindi चीता (cītā, “leopard, panther”), ultimately from Sanskrit चित्र (citra, “multicolored, speckled”) + काय (kāya, “body”), thus "having a spotted body".

Noun

çita (definite accusative çitayı, plural çitalar)

  1. cheetah
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