chhatri
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Hindi छतरी (chatrī, “umbrella, canopy”).
Noun
[edit]chhatri (plural chhatris)
- (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.