छत्त्र

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *skeh₃- (shade). Cognate with Ancient Greek σκότος (skótos, darkness), English shadow and Old Irish scáth (shade).

Pronunciation

  • (Vedic) IPA(key): /t͡ɕʰɐt̪.t̪ɽɐ/, [t͡ɕʰɐt̪̚.t̪ɽɐ]
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ɕʰɐt̪.t̪ɽɐ/, [ˈt͡ɕʰɐt̪̚.t̪ɽɐ]

Noun

छत्त्र (chattra) m

  1. parasol, umbrella
  2. shelter
  3. mushroom

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of छत्त्र
Nom. sg. छत्त्रः (chattraḥ)
Gen. sg. छत्त्रस्य (chattrasya)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative छत्त्रः (chattraḥ) छत्त्रौ (chattrau) छत्त्राः (chattrāḥ)
Vocative छत्त्र (chattra) छत्त्रौ (chattrau) छत्त्राः (chattrāḥ)
Accusative छत्त्रम् (chattram) छत्त्रौ (chattrau) छत्त्रान् (chattrān)
Instrumental छत्त्रेन (chattrena) छत्त्राभ्याम् (chattrābhyām) छत्त्रैः (chattraiḥ)
Dative छत्त्राय (chattrāya) छत्त्राभ्याम् (chattrābhyām) छत्त्रेभ्यः (chattrebhyaḥ)
Ablative छत्त्रात् (chattrāt) छत्त्राभ्याम् (chattrābhyām) छत्त्रेभ्यः (chattrebhyaḥ)
Genitive छत्त्रस्य (chattrasya) छत्त्रयोः (chattrayoḥ) छत्त्रानाम् (chattrānām)
Locative छत्त्रे (chattre) छत्त्रयोः (chattrayoḥ) छत्त्रेषु (chattreṣu)

Descendants

  • Ashokan Prakrit:
    • Magadhi Prakrit:
    • Sauraseni Prakrit:
      • Sauraseni Apabhramsa:
  • Angkorian Old Khmer: chatra, chattra°
  • English: chhatra
  • Gujarati: છત્ર (chatra), છત્રી (chatrī)
  • Hindi: छतरी (chatrī)
  • → Marathi: छत्री (chatrī)
    • Kannada: ಛತ್ರಿ (chatri)
  • Middle Persian: [script needed] (čādur, sheet, veil)
    • Persian: چادر (čâdor) (see there for further descendants)
    • Tajik: чодар (čodar)
  • Pali: chatta
  • Punjabi: ਛੱਤਰੀ (cḥatrī)
  • Urdu: چھتری (chatrī)

References

  • छत्त्र” in Carl Cappeller, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary: Based upon the St. Petersburg Lexicons, Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, 1891, OCLC 186102264, page 176, column 1.
  • Arthur A. Macdonell, A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press, 1893, page 096
  • Monier Williams (1899), छत्त्र”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 404/1.
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