English edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Hindi छाता (chātā). Doublet of chador and chhatra.

Noun edit

chatta (plural chattas)

  1. (India) An umbrella.
    • 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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Verb edit

chatta

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

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Etymology 1 edit

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

Noun edit

chatta n[1][2][3]

  1. sunshade,[1] parasol[2][3]
  2. sovereignty[2][3]
  3. canopy[1]
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Etymology 2 edit

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

Noun edit

chatta m

  1. pupil,[1] student[1]
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Etymology 3 edit

Unknown

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chatta n[4][3]

  1. corpse, body[4][3]
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References edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “chatta”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Childers, Robert Caesar, Dictionary of the Päli language, London: Trübner & Company, 1875, page 104.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Maung Tin (1920), The Student's Pali-English Dictionary, Rangoon: British Burma Press.
  4. 4.0 4.1 Childers, Robert Caesar, Dictionary of the Päli language, London: Trübner & Company, 1875, page 105.

Swedish edit

Etymology edit

From English chat +‎ -a.

Verb edit

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

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

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