चींटी

See also: चाट and चोट

Hindi

Etymology

From an unattested root [script needed] (*cimb-, “pinch”), and related to चिमटना (cimaṭnā).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃĩː.ʈiː/

Noun

चींटी • (cī̃ṭī) f (Urdu spelling چینٹی)

1. ant

Declension

Declension of चींटी (fem ī-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	चींटी cī̃ṭī	चींटियाँ cī̃ṭiyā̃
oblique	चींटी cī̃ṭī	चींटियों cī̃ṭiyõ
vocative	चींटी cī̃ṭī	चींटियो cī̃ṭiyo

References

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