Silbentrennung
chee·tahTürkische aussprache
çitıAussprache
/ˈʧētə/ /ˈʧiːtə/
Etymologie
[ 'chE-t& ] (noun.) 1610. Hindi चीता (cītā, “leopard", "panther”), ultimately from Sanskrit चित्र (citra, “multicolored", "speckled”) (akin to Old High German haitar (“bright”) in Merriam-Webster's Dictionary > German heiter; Old Norse heiðr) + काय (kāya, “body”), thus "having a spotted body".