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chitra-s · Sanskrit
noun · Sanskrit
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the printed cotton fabric. Historical source-stage form associated with chintz; the journey preserves the source's qualifications.
Date not yet researched — The inspected passage does not establish a word-specific date for this source stage.
Location not yet researched — No defensible word-specific location was established in the inspected lexical passage; no origin site is inferred.
chitra-s is the inspected source form associated with the historical source stage for English chintz. chintz(n.) opening entry
Chintz is recorded from 1719 as the plural of chint, from Hindi chint, from Sanskrit chitra-s clear or bright; the commercial plural was later reanalysed as a singular and the spelling shifted to chintz. chintz(n.) opening entry
chint · Hindi
noun · Hindi
Reading: Reading not yet researched
the printed cotton fabric. An intermediary form named by the inspected lexical account; it is not treated as an exhaustive transmission record.
Date not yet researched — The inspected passage does not establish a word-specific date for this source stage.
Location not yet researched — No defensible word-specific location was established in the inspected lexical passage; no origin site is inferred.
Chintz is recorded from 1719 as the plural of chint, from Hindi chint, from Sanskrit chitra-s clear or bright; the commercial plural was later reanalysed as a singular and the spelling shifted to chintz. chintz(n.) opening entry
chintz · English
noun · English
Reading: Reading not yet researched
the printed cotton fabric. The English form and selected sense are represented from the inspected lexical account; unsupported pronunciation and location are left unresolved.
c. 1719 · English chintz — A source-reported written-use period; not necessarily the date of coinage, oral transmission, or every later sense.
Location not yet researched — No defensible word-specific location was established in the inspected lexical passage; no origin site is inferred.
Chintz is recorded from 1719 as the plural of chint, from Hindi chint, from Sanskrit chitra-s clear or bright; the commercial plural was later reanalysed as a singular and the spelling shifted to chintz. chintz(n.) opening entry
The inspected source supports the selected chintz sense: the printed cotton fabric. chintz(n.) opening entry
chitra-s → chint: borrowing, qualified. The Indic route and the commercial plural-to-singular reanalysis are supported, while the source does not establish every intermediary trade channel or the later disparaging sense as part of the initial borrowing. chintz(n.) opening entry
chint → chintz: borrowing, qualified. The Indic route and the commercial plural-to-singular reanalysis are supported, while the source does not establish every intermediary trade channel or the later disparaging sense as part of the initial borrowing. chintz(n.) opening entry