chabutra

chabutra

English

Etymology

From Hindi [Term?].

Noun

chabutra (plural chabutras)

1. (India) A paved terrace attached to a house or garden.
   • 2008, Amitav Ghosh, Sea of Poppies, Penguin 2015, p. 64:

     Ask for the mansion of Burnham-sahib: in the garden there's a chabutra with a green roof.