چھوٹا

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *ćʰoṭṭa-. Compare Nepali छोटो (choṭo, “small”), Gujarati છોટું (choṭũ), Urdu چھوٹا‎ (“small”), Oriya ଛୋଟ (choṭô, “small, lesser”), Assamese ছোট (süto, “junior, low grade”).

Earlier lexicographers suggested Sanskrit क्षुद्रक (kṣudraka, “small, insignificant”).

چھوٹا • (choṭā) (Gurmukhi spelling ਛੋਟਾ)

1. small, little

   Synonym: نکا‎ (nikkā)

2. young
3. short

This adj needs an inflection-table template.

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *ćʰoṭṭa-. Compare Nepali छोटो (choṭo, “small”), Gujarati છોટું (choṭũ), Punjabi ਛੋਟਾ (cḥoṭā, “small”), Oriya ଛୋଟ (choṭô, “small, lesser”), Assamese ছোট (süto, “junior, low grade”).

Earlier lexicographers suggested Sanskrit क्षुद्रक (kṣudraka, “small, insignificant”).

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃʰoː.ʈɑː/

چھوٹا • (choṭā) (Hindi spelling छोटा)

1. little, small

   ‏باہر ایک چھوٹا بچہ کھڑا ہے۔‎‎

   bāhar ek choṭā baccā khaṛā hai.

   There's a small child standing outside.

2. younger, junior, minor, lesser

   ‏چھوٹا بھائی‎ ― choṭā bhāī ― younger brother

   ‏چھوٹی بہن‎ ― choṭī bahan ― younger sister

3. subordinate, inferior, common
4. trivial, trifling, unimportant, of no consequence
5. low, mean, insignificant, contemptible; common

• Platts, John T. (1884), “چھوٹا”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & co.