As a Hindi name
छटा · noun · feminine
दीप्ति । प्रकाश । प्रभा । झलक · शोभा । सौंदर्य । छवि · बिजली — Śabdasāgara
छटा · feminine
shade, hue; brilliance, lustre
Platts (p. 459) also records: of ćhaṭnā), part. adj. Picked, sorted, selected
Cited formation "छटा" is छट + -आ: छट means "= ćhaṭh, q.v", and the suffix -आ forms abstract, agent, action or instrumental nouns (masc.); also past participles. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(3) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
Cited formation "छटा" is छटना + -आ: छटना means "To be cut, be clipped, be lopped, be pared, be pruned, be trimmed, &c", and the suffix -आ forms abstract, agent, action or instrumental nouns (masc.); also past participles. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(3) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi छटा — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Sanskrit छटा (chaṭā).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
chaṭā f. a mass, lump, assemblage, number, Śiś. i, 47; Kathās.; Rājat. v, 332; Prasannar.; Sāh.
a collection of rays, lustre, Pañcar.; Dhūrtas.; Rājat. iv, 127; Prab.; Sāh.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a mass, lump, assemblage, number
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chaṭā f. a mass, lump, assemblage, number, Śiś. i, 47; Kathās.; Rājat. v, 332; Prasannar.; Sāh.
a collection of rays, lustre, Pañcar.; Dhūrtas.; Rājat. iv, 127; Prab.; Sāh.
= chaḍī, L.
N. of a Comm. on Vop. (also chāṭā).
chaṭā 1 Mass, lump, number, assemblage; saṭācchaṭābhinnaghanena Śi. 1. 47; Māl. 10. 10. 2 A collection of rays of light, lustre, splendour, light; Śi. 8. 38; Māl. 5. 23. 3 A continuous line, streak; chātetarāṃbucchaṭā K. P. 1. Comp. — ābhā lightning. — phalaḥ the betel-nut tree.
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