Where does “चिट्ठी” come from?

चिट्ठी (Hindi) comes from Sanskrit *चिष्ट, from Proto-Indo-Aryan ćiṣṭás — message.

चिट्ठी (Hindi): letter

Definitions

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Ancestry of “चिट्ठी”, step by step

चिट्ठी traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Sanskrit *चिष्ट

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskrit*चिष्टmessage
2Proto-Indo-Aryanćiṣṭásmessage

via Urdu ٹِّھی

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Urduٹِّھی—

Words derived from “चिट्ठी”

Every word from Proto-Indo-Aryan ćiṣṭás →Every word from Sanskrit *चिष्ट →