छप्पड़

Hindi

Alternative forms

• छप्पर (chappar)

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃʰəp.pəɽ/, [t͡ʃʰɐp̚.pɐɽ]
• Rhymes: -əp.pəɽ
• Hyphenation: छप्‧पड़

Noun

छप्पड़ • (chappaṛ) m (Urdu spelling چَھپَّڑ)

1. a small pit or pond in which water gathers during the rains

   Synonyms: डाबर (ḍābar), तलैया (talaiyā), पोखर (pokhar)

   • 1994, Jagdish Chandra Mathur, नरककुंड में बास [narakkuṇḍ mẽ bās], Rajkamal Prakashan, →ISBN, page 124:

     सड़क के किनारे दोनों ओर बड़ी नालियाँ थीं जिनमें बूटा मण्डी और मुहल्लों की सारी गंदगी पानी के साथ बहकर छप्पड़ में गिरती थी।

     saṛak ke kināre donõ or baṛī nāliyā̃ thī̃ jinmẽ būṭā maṇḍī aur muhallõ kī sārī gandgī pānī ke sāth bahkar chappaṛ mẽ girtī thī.

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   • 1996, Mohan Rakesh, मोहन राकेश की संपूर्ण कहानियाँ [mohan rākeś kī sampūrṇ kahāniyā̃, Complete Short Stories of Mohan Rakesh], Rajpal & Sons, →ISBN, page 109:

     आसपास के डेढ़-डेढ़ आदमी गहरे छप्पड़ सूख गए थे।

     āspās ke ḍeṛh-ḍeṛh ādmī gahre chappaṛ sūkh gae the.

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2. Nonstandard spelling of छप्पर (chappar, “thatched roof”).

References

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “छप्पर”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
• “छप्पड़”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
• Platts, John T. (1884) “چهپڙ”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.