chhatri
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Hindi छतरी (chatrī, “umbrella, canopy”).
Noun
chhatri (plural chhatris)
- (India) An elevated dome-shaped pavilion in Indian architecture.
- 1924, EM Forster, A Passage to India, Penguin 2005, p. 298:
- They were close to the promontory of the tombs, and had looked straight into the chhatri of the Rajah's father through an opening in the trees.
- 1924, EM Forster, A Passage to India, Penguin 2005, p. 298: