chatta
nounEtymology From Hindi छाता (chātā), from Sanskrit छत्त्र (chattra, “umbrella, parasol, chatra”). Doublet of chador and chatra.
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India Synonym of umbrella or parasol, particularly an Indian parasol.
- His air, while sitting on a tiger's skin, under his chatta or umbrella, was perfectly majestic.1843, Charles James C. Davidson, Diary of Travels and Adventures in Upper India:
- The dome was crowned by a pedestal 4½ feet square, which supported a chatta about 3½ feet in diameter.1854, Alexander Cunningham, The Bhilsa topes, or, Buddhist monuments of central India: