चपरास
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Hindi[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Persian چپراست (caprâst, “a silk button; a buckle, breastplate, badge; unsteadiness (a turning from left to right and vice versa)”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
चपरास • (caprās) f (Urdu spelling چپراس)
- metal badge or plate (worn as identification by messengers or orderlies)
- belt clasp, buckle
Declension[edit]
Declension of चपरास (fem cons-stem)
References[edit]
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “चपरास”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press