सफ़ेद, रंगीन और नाज़ुक कपड़े अलग छाँटिए।

This is an imperative sentence, meaning it gives an instruction.

छाँटिए is a polite / respectful imperative form of the verb छाँटना (to sort, to separate out). It can be used:

• when speaking politely to one person
• or when addressing more than one person

Compared with other imperative forms:

• छाँट = very informal
• छाँटो = informal / familiar
• छाँटिए = polite / respectful

So this sentence sounds like a polite instruction, such as on a sign, in a household setting, or in customer service.

छाँटिए comes from the verb छाँटना, which means:

• to sort
• to separate
• to pick out

In this sentence, it means something like sort them out separately.

The ending -इए marks the polite imperative.

कपड़ा means cloth or a piece of cloth, and it can also mean a garment/clothing item in some contexts.

कपड़े is the plural form, and in everyday Hindi it often means clothes.

So:

• कपड़ा = cloth / one clothing item
• कपड़े = clothes

Since the sentence is talking about different categories of laundry, the plural कपड़े is the natural choice.

These adjectives are being used before कपड़े, but they stay the same because they are the kind of Hindi adjectives that are often indeclinable in normal use.

That means they do not change for gender, number, or case here.

So:

• सफ़ेद कपड़े = white clothes
• रंगीन कपड़े = colored clothes
• नाज़ुक कपड़े = delicate clothes

This is different from adjectives like अच्छा, which do change:

• अच्छा लड़का
• अच्छी लड़की
• अच्छे लड़के

But सफ़ेद, रंगीन, and नाज़ुक remain the same.

अलग means separate or separately.

In this sentence, it tells you how to do the sorting: the clothes should be sorted apart from one another, not mixed together.

So अलग छाँटिए means:

• sort separately
• separate them while sorting

In laundry instructions, this is very natural Hindi.

Yes, but only slightly.

• अलग छाँटिए = sort separately
• अलग-अलग छाँटिए = sort into separate groups / sort each type separately

The version with repetition, अलग-अलग, gives a slightly stronger sense of in separate categories. In many practical situations, both are fine.

For this sentence, अलग already communicates the idea clearly.

This works much like English list structure.

The sentence lists three types of clothes:

• सफ़ेद
• रंगीन
• नाज़ुक

Hindi commonly uses commas between earlier items and और before the last one, just like English uses commas and and.

So:

• सफ़ेद, रंगीन और नाज़ुक कपड़े

This means:

• white, colored, and delicate clothes

Literally, रंगीन can mean colored or colorful, depending on context.

But in a laundry context, रंगीन कपड़े usually means:

• colored clothes
• clothes that are not white
• clothes that may run color

So here it should be understood as colored clothes, not bright/fancy/colorful clothes.

Because कपड़े is the direct object of the verb छाँटिए, and in this kind of general instruction Hindi normally does not need को.

So:

• कपड़े छाँटिए = sort the clothes

Using को here would sound unusual in this context.

Hindi often leaves direct objects unmarked when they are general or non-specific in this kind of sentence.

Yes. Hindi word order is somewhat flexible, though some versions sound more natural than others.

The original:

• सफ़ेद, रंगीन और नाज़ुक कपड़े अलग छाँटिए।

A very natural alternative:

• कपड़े अलग छाँटिए — सफ़ेद, रंगीन और नाज़ुक।
• सफ़ेद, रंगीन और नाज़ुक कपड़ों को अलग छाँटिए।
  This is also possible, though slightly more explicit.

The original sentence is already very natural for an instruction or label.

Yes, that is the intended meaning.

It means the clothes should be sorted by category:

• white clothes in one group
• colored clothes in another
• delicate clothes in another

So the adjectives are not all describing the same single set of clothes. Instead, they refer to types of clothes that should be separated.

It can be used for either:

• one person respectfully
• more than one person

That is normal for polite Hindi forms based on आप.

So if a sign says छाँटिए, it does not matter whether it is aimed at one reader or many readers. The form works in both cases.

Those dots are called nukta marks. They are used in Devanagari to represent sounds that entered Hindi through Persian, Arabic, and other languages.

For example:

• फ़ in सफ़ेद
• ज़ in नाज़ुक

In modern Hindi writing, you may sometimes see spellings with or without the nukta in casual use, but the dotted versions are the more standard spellings for these words.

A learner should recognize both, but using the nukta is a good habit in formal writing.