chatta

• chhata, chattah

From Hindi छाता (chātā), from Sanskrit छत्त्र (chattra, “umbrella, parasol, chatra”). Doublet of chador and chatra.

chatta (plural chattas)

1. (India) Synonym of umbrella or parasol, particularly an Indian parasol.
   • 1843, Charles James C. Davidson, Diary of Travels and Adventures in Upper India:

     His air, while sitting on a tiger's skin, under his chatta or umbrella, was perfectly majestic.

   • 1854, Alexander Cunningham, The Bhilsa topes, or, Buddhist monuments of central India:

     The dome was crowned by a pedestal 4½ feet square, which supported a chatta about 3½ feet in diameter.

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chatta

1. inflection of chattare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

From the root chad (“to cover over”) +‎ -tta (“instrument suffix”), if not simply Sanskrit छत्त्र (chattra), which is not necessarily an old formation.

chatta n^[1][2][3]

1. sunshade,^[1] parasol^[2][3]
2. sovereignty^[2][3]
3. canopy^[1]

• chattaka

From the 'sunshade' meaning, though the semantic route is debated. Possibly inherited from Sanskrit छात्त्र (chāttra), and certainly related.

chatta m

1. pupil,^[1] student^[1]

Unknown

chatta n^[4][3]

1. corpse, body^[4][3]

From English chat +‎ -a.

chatta (present chattar, preterite chattade, supine chattat, imperative chatta)

1. to chat (to talk informally, especially online)

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