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Hindi
- छपर (chapar) — a variant used in some compound words
- छपरा (chaprā)
- छपरी (chaprī)
- छप्पड़ (chappaṛ) — incorrect
Etymology
Inherited from Sanskrit छत्त्वर (chattvará). Cognate with Punjabi ਛਪੱਰ (chaparra), Nepali छाप्रो (chāpro), Bengali ছাপর (chapor), Odia ଛପର (chapara), Bihari छप्पर and Gujarati છાપરું (chāprũ). Doublet of छत्तर (chattar).
Pronunciation
Noun
छप्पर • (chappar) m (Urdu spelling چَھپَّر)
- a sloping thatch, a thatched roof
- Synonyms: छाजन (chājan), छान (chān)
- a thatched building, a shed, a hut
- (figurative) a heavy burden
- a small pit or pond in which water gathers during the rains (clarification of this definition is needed)
- Synonyms: डाबर (ḍābar), तलैया (talaiyā), पोखर (pokhar)
Declension
Declension of छप्पर (masc cons-stem)
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singular
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plural
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| direct
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छप्पर
chappar
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छप्पर
chappar
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| oblique
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छप्पर
chappar
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छप्परों
chapparõ
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| vocative
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छप्पर
chappar
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छप्परो
chapparo
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Derived terms
References
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “छप्पर”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
- Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “छप्पर”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi : Nagari Pracarini Sabha
- Platts, John T. (1884) “छप्पर”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
- “छप्पर”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.