टट्टी (tattii)
noun
A everyday, somewhat informal word centered on human excrement and the act of defecating; also carries an older, unrelated sense of a woven screen or partition used as a blind or fence.
Sense
1
:
feces, stool
noun, feminine
Synonyms: मल (mal, clinical/formal), गू (goo, colloquial, blunter)
Frequency: high
Cultural Note: This is the word every Indian parent uses when asking a toddler about their business -- टट्टी करी? (tattii karii?, 'did you poop?') is a classic line in households across Delhi-NCR. It sits comfortably in the middle register: earthy and direct without being crude, unlike its blunter cousin गू (goo).
Common Mistakes: 1) This word is fine in casual and family speech, especially with children, but is too blunt for polite or formal contexts -- use मल (mal) or a euphemism like शौच (shauch) when speaking with doctors or in formal writing. 2) Learners sometimes treat it as vulgar slang, but among family and close friends, especially about kids or pets, it is completely normal and not at all shocking.
Sample Sentences:
बेटा, टट्टी करी क्या?
Son, did you poop?
(betaa, tattii karii kyaa?)
बच्चे की टट्टी का रंग थोड़ा अजीब लग रहा है, डॉक्टर को दिखाओ।
The baby's stool color looks a bit odd, show it to the doctor.
(bachche kii tattii kaa rang thodaa ajiib lag rahaa hai, doktar ko dikhaao।)
कुत्ता गली में टट्टी करके भाग गया।
The dog pooped in the lane and ran off.
(kuttaa galii men tattii karke bhaag gayaa।)
अगर बच्चे को टट्टी में खून दिखे तो फौरन डॉक्टर के पास ले जाना।
If you see blood in the child's stool, take him to the doctor immediately.
(agar bachche ko tattii men khoon dikhe to phauran doktar ke paas le jaanaa।)
नर्स ने मरीज़ की टट्टी की जांच के लिए सैंपल लिया।
The nurse took a sample to test the patient's stool.
(nars ne mariiz kii tattii kii jaanch ke lie saimpal liyaa।)
पार्क में इतनी कुत्तों की टट्टी पड़ी रहती है कि चलना मुश्किल हो जाता है।
There's so much dog poop lying around in the park that it's hard to walk.
(paark men itnii kutton kii tattii padii rahtii hai ki chalnaa mushkil ho jaataa hai।)
टट्टी का सैंपल लैब में जांच के लिए भेजा गया।
The stool sample was sent to the lab for testing.
(tattii kaa saimpal laib men jaanch ke lie bhejaa gayaa।)
मानो या न मानो, उसकी टट्टी में कीड़े थे इसलिए वह इतना कमज़ोर था।
Believe it or not, there were worms in his stool, which is why he was so weak.
(maano yaa n maano, uskii tattii men kiide the islie vah itnaa kamzor thaa।)
अगर पहले पता होता कि बिल्ली की टट्टी इतनी बदबूदार होती है, तो मैं उसे कभी घर में न रखता।
If I had known earlier that a cat's poop smells this bad, I would never have kept her at home.
(agar pahle pataa hotaa ki billii kii tattii itnii badboodaar hotii hai, to main use kabhii ghar men n rakhtaa।)
टट्टी साफ करते वक्त हाथों में दस्ताने पहन लेना।
Wear gloves while cleaning up the poop.
(tattii saaph karte vakt haathon men dastaane pahan lenaa।)
Sense
2
:
the act of defecating
noun, feminine Used with करना (karnaa) as टट्टी करना (tattii karnaa) to mean 'to defecate.'
Synonyms: शौच (shauch, formal/clinical), संडास जाना (sandaas jaanaa, colloquial phrase)
Frequency: high
Cultural Note: You will hear this constantly in households with small kids or in rural/small-town contexts where toilet training and outdoor sanitation habits are frequent topics of daily conversation.
Common Mistakes: 1) Learners sometimes confuse this with पेशाब (peshaab, 'urine/to urinate') -- टट्टी (tattii) is specifically about solid waste, not liquid.
Sample Sentences:
बेटा, टट्टी करनी है क्या?
Son, do you need to poop?
(betaa, tattii karnii hai kyaa?)
पहले टट्टी कर लो, फिर खाना खाएंगे।
Go poop first, then we'll eat.
(pahle tattii kar lo, phir khaanaa khaaenge।)
वह अभी टट्टी कर रहा है, थोड़ी देर बाहर रुको।
He's pooping right now, wait outside for a bit.
(vah abhii tattii kar rahaa hai, thodii der baahar ruko।)
बच्चा रोज़ सुबह टट्टी करता है।
The child poops every morning.
(bachchaa roz subah tattii kartaa hai।)
उसने टट्टी कर दी है, कपड़े बदलने पड़ेंगे।
He's pooped, we'll have to change his clothes.
(usne tattii kar dii hai, kapde badalne padenge।)
क्या तुमने आज टट्टी की?
Did you poop today?
(kyaa tumne aaj tattii kii?)
अगर वह ठीक से खाना खाता तो रोज़ टट्टी करता।
If he ate properly, he would poop every day.
(agar vah thiik se khaanaa khaataa to roz tattii kartaa।)
गाँव में लोग अभी भी खेतों में टट्टी करने जाते हैं।
In the village, people still go to the fields to defecate.
(gaanv men log abhii bhii kheton men tattii karne jaate hain।)
डॉक्टर ने कहा कि बच्चे को दिन में दो बार टट्टी करनी चाहिए।
The doctor said the child should poop twice a day.
(doktar ne kahaa ki bachche ko din men do baar tattii karnii chaahie।)
इतनी सुबह-सुबह टट्टी करने की क्या ज़रूरत थी?
What was the need to poop so early in the morning?
(itnii subah-subah tattii karne kii kyaa zaroorat thii?)
Sense
3
:
a woven screen, blind, or fence (e.g., of bamboo or reed)
noun, feminine
Synonyms: परदा (pardaa), बाड़ (baad, fence sense)
Frequency: low
Cultural Note: This older sense -- a bamboo or reed screen used to shade a doorway or window, or as a rough fence -- is largely rural and fading from everyday city speech; most Delhi-NCR learners will encounter the excrement sense far more often and may not meet this one at all outside older literature or village contexts.
Sample Sentences:
गाँव के घर के दरवाज़े पर बाँस की टट्टी लगी थी।
A bamboo screen was hung on the door of the village house.
(gaanv ke ghar ke darvaaze par baans kii tattii lagii thii।)
बुढ़िया ने खिड़की पर टट्टी टाँग दी ताकि धूप अंदर न आए।
The old woman hung a screen on the window so that the sun would not come in.
(budhiyaa ne khidkii par tattii taang dii taaki dhoop andar n aae।)
खेत के चारों ओर सरकंडों की टट्टी बना दो।
Make a reed fence all around the field.
(khet ke chaaron or sarkandon kii tattii banaa do।)
पुराने ज़माने में लोग टट्टी की आड़ में बैठकर हुक्का पिया करते थे।
In olden times, people used to sit behind a woven screen and smoke a hookah.
(puraane zamaane men log tattii kii aad men baithkar hukkaa piyaa karte the।)
अगर टट्टी मज़बूत होती तो तेज़ हवा में गिरती नहीं।
If the screen had been sturdy, it would not have fallen in the strong wind.
(agar tattii mazboot hotii to tez havaa men girtii nahiin।)
आँगन की टट्टी हवा से टूट गई है।
The courtyard screen has broken due to the wind.
(aangan kii tattii havaa se toot gaii hai।)
शायद मिस्त्री कल तक नई टट्टी लगा दे।
Perhaps the workman will put up a new screen by tomorrow.
(shaayad mistrii kal tak naii tattii lagaa de।)
उस टूटी हुई टट्टी की जगह अब लोहे की जाली लगाई जाएगी।
In place of that broken screen, an iron mesh will now be installed.
(us tootii huii tattii kii jagah ab lohe kii jaalii lagaaii jaaegii।)
Morphology
Noun
(sg.f.direct):
टट्टी
(tattii)
(sg.f.oblique):
टट्टी
(tattii)
(pl.f.direct):
टट्टियाँ
(tattiyaan)
(pl.f.oblique):
टट्टियों
(tattiyon)