As a Hindi name
चाट · noun · feminine
चटपटी चीजों के खाने या चाटने की प्रबलइच्छा । स्वाद लेने की इच्छा । मजे की चाह · एक बार किसी वस्तु का आनंद लेकर फिर उसी का आनंद लेने की चाह । चकसा । शौक । लालसा · प्रबल इच्छा । कड़ी चाह । लोलुपता । जैसे,—तुम्हें तो बस रुपए की चाट लगी है — Śabdasāgara
चाट · noun · masculine
विश्वासघाती चोर । वह जो किसी का विश्वासपात्र बनकर उसका धन हरण करे । ठग · उचक्का । चाँई — Śabdasāgara
चाट · ćāṭ · s.m.
A cheat, a rogue — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 416
चाट · ćāṭ · v.n.
of ćāṭnā, q.v; and cf. P. ćāsht and ćāshnī), s.f. Eating, tasting, licking; lick; taste, flavour — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 416
चाट · feminine
chaat
चाटना
to lick; to eat with appetite; to bore, annoy
a Hindi word; it is not Sanskrit
“Deverbal form of चाटना (cāṭnā, “to lick”).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
a Hindi word of Prakrit origin; it is not Sanskrit — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Inherited from Prakrit चट्टेइ (caṭṭei, “to devour with relish, eat noisily”, onomatopoeia). Compare Gujarati ચાટવું (cāṭvũ), Marathi चाटणे (ċāṭṇe), Bengali চাটা (caṭa).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a cheat, rogue, (Prākṛt)
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Dictionary citations
cāṭa m. a cheat, rogue, Yājñ. i, 335 (Pañcat.), Mṛcch. (Prākṛt), VarYogay.; Hcat.; BhavP.
cāṭa m. (-ṭaḥ) A cheat, a rogue, a peculator, one who makes away with money, &c. entrusted to him. E. caṭa to injure, affix aṇ.
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