چھتری

Pahari-Potwari

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit छत्त्र (chattra).

Noun

چَھتْری (chatrī) f

1. umbrella

Urdu

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit [Term?], from Sanskrit छत्र (chatra) / छत्त्र (chattra). Compare Hindi छाता (chātā), Nepali छातो (chāto), Punjabi چَھتْری (chatrī) / ਛਤਰੀ (chatrī).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃʰət̪.ɾiː/
• Rhymes: -iː
• Hyphenation: چَھتْ‧ری

Noun

چَھتْری • (chatrī) f (Hindi spelling छतरी)

1. umbrella

Declension

Declension of چھتری

	singular	plural
direct	چھتری (chatrī)	چھترِیاں (chatriyā̃)
oblique	چھتری (chatrī)	چھترِیوں (chatriyō̃)
vocative	چھتری (chatrī)	چھترِیو (chatriyō)

Descendants

• → Pashto: چترۍ
• →? Persian:
  • Dari: چتری (čatrī)
• → Yemeni Arabic: شِتْرِي (šitrī, “curtain”)

Further reading

• “چھتری”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “چھتری”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2026.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “چهتر”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “cháttra”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 272