छात chāta
girl / boy / neuter 2 syllables SLP1 CAta

As a Hindi name

छात · noun · masculine

छाता । छतरी · राजछत्र · आश्रय । आधार — Śabdasāgara

छात · adj

कटा हुआ । छिन्न · दुर्बल । कृश — Śabdasāgara

छात · ćhāt · s.f.

Roof ( = ćhat) — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 455

Cited formation "छात" is छा + -त: छा means "आच्छादन । छिपाना", and the suffix -त forms abstract nouns (fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(16) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Śabdasāgara

Cited formation "छात" is छाना + -त: छाना means "to cover, thatch, roof", and the suffix -त forms abstract nouns (fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(16) — cited from the extracted rule table

As a Sanskrit word

Meaning

emaciated

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Gender counterpart

The kosha attests this stem in the feminine, the masculine, and the neuter — the same name serves without alteration.

Dictionary citations

Monier-Williams (1899) · छात

chāta See √ cho.

Monier-Williams (1899) · छात

chāta mfn. = chita, L.

Monier-Williams (1899) · छात

emaciated, L.

Apte (1890) · छात

chāta a. 1 Cut, divided. 2 Feeble, thin, emaciated (p. p. of cho q. v.).

Wilson (1832) · छात

chāta mfn. (-taḥ-tā-taṃ) 1 Cut, divided. 2 Thin, feeble, emaciated. E. cho to cut, affix kta; also chita.

Alternative readings

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