चादर

See also: चंद्र

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian چادر (čādar, čādur), itself ultimately borrowed from Sanskrit छत्त्र (chattra, “cover, umbrella”). Doublet of छाता (chātā). Compare Assamese চাদৰ (sador), Bengali চাদর (cador), Gujarati ચાદર (cādar), Marathi चादर (cādar), Punjabi ਚਾਦਰ (cādar).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃɑː.d̪əɾ/, [t͡ʃäː.d̪ɐɾ]

Noun

चादर • (cādar) f (Urdu spelling چادر)

1. bedspread
2. bed sheet
3. covering
4. (Islam) chador

Declension

	singular	plural
direct	चादर cādar	चादरें cādarẽ
oblique	चादर cādar	चादरों cādarõ
vocative	चादर cādar	चादरो cādaro

Declension of चादर (fem cons-stem)

Descendants

• → Danish: chador
• → English: chador, chadar, chaddar, chuddar, chadah, chader, chadur, chuddah, chudder, chuddur, chudah

References

• Bahri, Hardev (1989) “चादर”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.
• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “चादर”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “चादर”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

Konkani

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian چادر (čādar, čādur), itself ultimately borrowed from Sanskrit छत्त्र (chattra, “cover, umbrella”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t͡ʃɑːdaɾ]

Noun

चादर • (cādar) f (Latin script chador, Kannada script ಚಾದರ್)

1. bedsheet