chabutra

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Hindi [Term?].

Noun[edit]

chabutra (plural chabutras)

  1. (India) A paved terrace attached to a house or garden.
    • 2008, Amitav Ghosh, Sea of Poppies, Penguin, published 2015, page 64:
      Ask for the mansion of Burnham-sahib: in the garden there's a chabutra with a green roof.