chiretta
chiretta noun: a kind of felwort, Swertia chirata (syn. Agathotes chirayta), found in northern India, esteemed as a tonic and febrifuge.
Noun
chiretta (countable and uncountable, plural chirettas)
chiretta meaning in Tamil and Assamese
chiretta in Tamil
- நிலவேம்பு
chiretta in Assamese
- chiretta
- চিৰতা sirota
Forms of chiretta
| plural | chirettas |
|---|---|
| alternative form | cheretta |
| alternative form | chirata |
| alternative form | chirayata |
Origin of chiretta
Borrowed from Hindi चिरैता (ciraitā), from Sanskrit किराततिक्त (kirātatikta).
Words formed from chiretta
- chiratin
- green chiretta
Questions about chiretta
- What does chiretta mean?
- Chiretta means a kind of felwort, Swertia chirata (syn. Agathotes chirayta), found in northern India, esteemed as a tonic and febrifuge.
- What is chiretta in Tamil?
- Chiretta in Tamil is நிலவேம்பு. See Chiretta meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is chiretta?
- Chiretta is a noun.
- What is the plural of chiretta?
- The plural of chiretta is chirettas.
Words near chiretta in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: chiretta (page history and authors); chiretta (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); চিৰতা (Assamese) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
Last updated:
Cite this entry: “chiretta.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/chiretta. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.