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chithi

chithi is the alternative form of chitthi.

Meaning of chitthi

Noun

chitthi (plural chitthis)

  1. (India, informal) aunty; a friendly older motherly woman

Forms of chithi

pluralchithis

Origin of chithi

From Tamil சித்தி (citti) (aunt, stepmother) (father's second wife, maternal younger aunt, paternal younger uncle's wife).

Questions about chithi

What is chithi the alternative form of?
Chithi is the alternative form of chitthi.

Words near chithi in the dictionary

  1. chitchatting
  2. chitchatty
  3. chitenge
  4. chitenges
  5. chithe
  6. chithi
  7. chithis
  8. Chiti
  9. Chitimacha
  10. Chitimachan
  11. Chitimachans

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Adapted from Wiktionary: chithi (page history and authors); chitthi (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.

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