चपरास

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian چَپْرَاسْت (čaprāst, “a silk but­ton; a buckle, breastplate, badge; unsteadiness (a turning from left to right and vice versa)”).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃəp.ɾɑːs/, [t͡ʃɐp.ɾäːs]
• Rhymes: -ɑːs
• Hyphenation: चप‧रास

Noun

चपरास • (caprās) f (Urdu spelling چپراس)

1. metal badge or plate (worn as identification by messengers or orderlies)
2. belt clasp, buckle

Declension

Declension of चपरास (fem cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	चपरास caprās	चपरासें caprāsẽ
oblique	चपरास caprās	चपरासों caprāsõ
vocative	चपरास caprās	चपरासो caprāso

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “चपरास”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press