छप्पर

Hindi

Alternative forms

• छपर (chapar) — a variant used in some compound words
• छपरा (chaprā)
• छपरी (chaprī)
• छप्पड़ (chappaṛ) — incorrect

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit छत्त्वर (chattvará). Cognate with Punjabi ਛਪੱਰ (chaparra), Nepali छाप्रो (chāpro), Bengali ছাপর (chapor), Odia ଛପର (chapara), Bihari छप्पर and Gujarati છાપરું (chāprũ). Doublet of छत्तर (chattar).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃʰəp.pəɾ/, [t͡ʃʰɐp̚.pɐɾ]
• Rhymes: -əp.pəɾ
• Hyphenation: छप्‧पर

Noun

छप्पर • (chappar) m (Urdu spelling چَھپَّر)

1. a sloping thatch, a thatched roof

   Synonyms: छाजन (chājan), छान (chān)

2. a thatched building, a shed, a hut
3. (figurative) a heavy burden
4. a small pit or pond in which water gathers during the rains (clarification of this definition is needed)

   Synonyms: डाबर (ḍābar), तलैया (talaiyā), पोखर (pokhar)

Declension

Declension of छप्पर (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	छप्पर chappar	छप्पर chappar
oblique	छप्पर chappar	छप्परों chapparõ
vocative	छप्पर chappar	छप्परो chapparo

Derived terms

• छप्पर टूट पड़ना (chappar ṭūṭ paṛnā)
• छप्पर पर फूस न होना (chappar par phūs na honā)
• छप्पर पर रखना (chappar par rakhnā)
• छप्पर फाड़कर देना (chappar phāṛkar denā)
• छप्पर रखना (chappar rakhnā)
• छप्परबंद (chapparband)

 

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “छप्पर”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “छप्पर”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
• Platts, John T. (1884) “छप्पर”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• “छप्पर”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.