chatta

English

Charles Gold's 1806 depiction of a Hindustani dubash with his chatta, jalidar chowpaul, and attendants

Alternative forms

• chhata, chattah

Etymology

From Hindi छाता (chātā), from Sanskrit छत्त्र (chattra, “umbrella, parasol, chatra”). Doublet of chador and chatra.

Noun

chatta (plural chattas)

1. (India) Synonym of umbrella or parasol, particularly an Indian parasol.
   • 1843, Charles James C. Davidson, Diary of Travels and Adventures in Upper India:

     His air, while sitting on a tiger's skin, under his chatta or umbrella, was perfectly majestic.

   • 1854, Alexander Cunningham, The Bhilsa topes, or, Buddhist monuments of central India:

     The dome was crowned by a pedestal 4½ feet square, which supported a chatta about 3½ feet in diameter.

Anagrams

• attach

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃat.ta/
• Rhymes: -atta
• Hyphenation: chàt‧ta

Verb

chatta

1. inflection of chattare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀙𑀢𑁆𑀢 (Brahmi script)
• छत्त (Devanagari script)
• ছত্ত (Bengali script)
• ඡත‍්ත (Sinhalese script)
• ဆတ္တ or ꧡတ္တ or ꧡတ်တ (Burmese script)
• ฉตฺต or ฉัตตะ (Thai script)
• ᨨᨲ᩠ᨲ (Tai Tham script)
• ຉຕ຺ຕ or ຉັຕຕະ (Lao script)
• ឆត្ត (Khmer script)
• 𑄍𑄖𑄴𑄖 (Chakma script)

Etymology 1

From the root chad (“to cover over”) +‎ -tta (“instrument suffix”), if not simply Sanskrit छत्त्र (chattra), which is not necessarily an old formation.

Noun

chatta n

1. sunshade, parasol
2. sovereignty
3. canopy

Declension

Declension table of "chatta" (neuter)

Case / Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	chattaṃ	chattāni
Accusative (second)	chattaṃ	chattāni
Instrumental (third)	chattena	chattehi or chattebhi
Dative (fourth)	chattassa or chattāya or chattatthaṃ	chattānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	chattasmā or chattamhā or chattā	chattehi or chattebhi
Genitive (sixth)	chattassa	chattānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	chattasmiṃ or chattamhi or chatte	chattesu
Vocative (calling)	chatta	chattāni

Derived terms

• chattaka

Etymology 2

From the 'sunshade' meaning, though the semantic route is debated. Possibly inherited from Sanskrit छात्त्र (chāttra), and certainly related.

Noun

chatta m

1. pupil, student

Declension

Declension table of "chatta" (masculine)

Case / Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	chatto	chattā
Accusative (second)	chattaṃ	chatte
Instrumental (third)	chattena	chattehi or chattebhi
Dative (fourth)	chattassa or chattāya or chattatthaṃ	chattānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	chattasmā or chattamhā or chattā	chattehi or chattebhi
Genitive (sixth)	chattassa	chattānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	chattasmiṃ or chattamhi or chatte	chattesu
Vocative (calling)	chatta	chattā

Etymology 3

Unknown

Noun

chatta n

1. corpse, body

Declension

Declension table of "chatta" (neuter)

Case / Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	chattaṃ	chattāni
Accusative (second)	chattaṃ	chattāni
Instrumental (third)	chattena	chattehi or chattebhi
Dative (fourth)	chattassa or chattāya or chattatthaṃ	chattānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	chattasmā or chattamhā or chattā	chattehi or chattebhi
Genitive (sixth)	chattassa	chattānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	chattasmiṃ or chattamhi or chatte	chattesu
Vocative (calling)	chatta	chattāni

Swedish

Etymology

From English chat +‎ -a.

Verb

chatta (present chattar, preterite chattade, supine chattat, imperative chatta)

1. to chat (to talk informally, especially online)

Conjugation

Conjugation of chatta (weak)

	active		passive
infinitive	chatta		chattas
supine	chattat		chattats
imperative	chatta		—
imper. plural1	chatten		—
	present	past	present	past
indicative	chattar	chattade	chattas	chattades
ind. plural1	chatta	chattade	chattas	chattades
subjunctive2	chatte	chattade	chattes	chattades
present participle		chattande
past participle		—

¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Related terms

• chatt

Further reading

• “chatta”, in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker [Dictionaries of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)