chaoni

English

Alternative forms

• chownee

Etymology

From Hindi [Term?] (“thatched roof”).

Noun

chaoni (plural chaonis)

1. (India, obsolete) An Anglo-Indian cantonment.

References

• Henry Yule, A[rthur] C[oke] Burnell (1903) “chaoni”, in William Crooke, editor, Hobson-Jobson […] , London: John Murray, […].