chhatri

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi छतरी (chatrī, “umbrella, canopy”).

Noun

chhatri (plural chhatris)

1. (India) An elevated dome-shaped pavilion in Indian architecture.
   • 1924, EM Forster, A Passage to India, Penguin, published 2005, page 298:

     They were close to the promontory of the tombs, and had looked straight into the chhatri of the Rajah's father through an opening in the trees.