chatta

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi छाता (chātā). Doublet of chador and chhatra.

Noun

chatta (plural chattas)

  1. (India) An umbrella.
    • 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

Italian

Verb

chatta

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

Pali

Alternative forms
Alternative forms
  • 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][2][3]

  1. sunshade,[1] parasol[2][3]
  2. sovereignty[2][3]
  3. canopy[1]
Declension
Declension table of "chatta" (neuter)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)chattaṃchattāni
Accusative (second)chattaṃchattāni
Instrumental (third)chattenachattehi or chattebhi
Dative (fourth)chattassa or chattāya or chattatthaṃchattānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)chattasmā or chattamhā or chattāchattehi or chattebhi
Genitive (sixth)chattassachattānaṃ
Locative (seventh)chattasmiṃ or chattamhi or chattechattesu
Vocative (calling)chattachattāni
Derived terms

Etymology 2

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

Noun

chatta m

  1. pupil,[1] student[1]
Declension
Declension table of "chatta" (masculine)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)chattochattā
Accusative (second)chattaṃchatte
Instrumental (third)chattenachattehi or chattebhi
Dative (fourth)chattassa or chattāya or chattatthaṃchattānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)chattasmā or chattamhā or chattāchattehi or chattebhi
Genitive (sixth)chattassachattānaṃ
Locative (seventh)chattasmiṃ or chattamhi or chattechattesu
Vocative (calling)chattachattā

Etymology 3

Unknown

Noun

chatta n[4][3]

  1. corpse, body[4][3]
Declension
Declension table of "chatta" (neuter)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)chattaṃchattāni
Accusative (second)chattaṃchattāni
Instrumental (third)chattenachattehi or chattebhi
Dative (fourth)chattassa or chattāya or chattatthaṃchattānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)chattasmā or chattamhā or chattāchattehi or chattebhi
Genitive (sixth)chattassachattānaṃ
Locative (seventh)chattasmiṃ or chattamhi or chattechattesu
Vocative (calling)chattachattāni

References
  1. Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “chatta”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead
  2. Childers, Robert Caesar, Dictionary of the Päli language, London: Trübner & Company, 1875, page 104.
  3. Maung Tin (1920), The Student's Pali-English Dictionary, Rangoon: British Burma Press.
  4. Childers, Robert Caesar, Dictionary of the Päli language, London: Trübner & Company, 1875, page 105.

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
Participles
Present participle chattande
Past participle chattad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.
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