chhatri

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Etymology[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

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.
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