चाँटा

Hindi

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /t͡ʃɑ̃ː.ʈɑː/

Noun

चाँटा • (cā̃ṭā) m (Urdu spelling چانٹا‎)

a slap
उस चोर को तीन-चार चाँटे मरने चाहिए।
us cor ko tīn-cār cā̃ṭe marne cāhie.
That thief deserves a couple of slaps.

Synonyms: थप्पड़ (thappaṛ), तमाचा (tamācā), चपत (capat)
a blow, hit

Declension

Declension of चाँटा
	Singular	Plural
Direct	चाँटा (cā̃ṭā)	चाँटे (cā̃ṭe)
Oblique	चाँटे (cā̃ṭe)	चाँटों (cā̃ṭõ)
Vocative	चाँटे (cā̃ṭe)	चाँटो (cā̃ṭo)

References

McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “चाँटा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

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