چیونٹی

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Etymology[edit]

Feminine of چْیُونْٹا (cyūnṭā).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

چِیُوْن٘ٹی or چْیُون٘ٹی (ciyūṉṭī or cyū̃ṭīf (Hindi spelling चिऊंटी)

  1. ant (insect)
  2. (figuratively) poor; weak; destitute
  3. (minced oath, usually in the plural) snob, idiot, fool, retard

Declension[edit]

Declension of چیونٹی
singular plural
direct چیُون٘ٹی (cyūnṭī) چیُون٘ٹیاں (cyūnṭiyā̃)
oblique چیُون٘ٹی (cyūnṭī) چیُون٘ٹیوں (cyūnṭiyō̃)
vocative چیُون٘ٹی (cyūnṭī) چیُون٘ٹیو (cyūnṭiyō)

Further reading[edit]

  • چیونٹی”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • چیونٹی”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “چیونٹی”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.