"chaat" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /t͡ʃɑːt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-chaat.wav [Southern-England] Forms: chaats [plural], chat [alternative]
Rhymes: -ɑːt Etymology: Borrowed from Hindustani चाट / چاٹ (cāṭ). Etymology templates: {{bor+|en|inc-hnd}} Borrowed from Hindustani Head templates: {{en-noun}} chaat (plural chaats)
  1. Any savory snack, sold from a roadside stall in India or other South Asian countries, or served as a starter in an Indian restaurant. Derived forms: aloo chaat Translations (an Indian savory snack): اَلْمَأْكُولَاتُ الْخَفِيفَةُ (al-maʔkūlātu l-ḵafīfatu) [feminine] (Arabic), شَاتْ (šāt) [masculine] (Arabic), চাট (sat) (Assamese), চাট (caṭ) (Bengali), 印式鹹味街頭小吃 /印式咸味街头小吃 (yìnshì xiánwèi jiētóu xiǎochī) (Chinese Mandarin), 恰特 (qiàtè) (Chinese Mandarin), चाट (cāṭ) (Hindi), チャート (chāto) (Japanese), ಚಾಟ್ (cāṭ) (Kannada), चाट (cāṭ) (Nepali), czaat [inanimate, masculine] (Polish), ਚਾਟ (cāṭ) (Punjabi), чаа́т (čaát) [masculine] (Russian), चाटः (cāṭaḥ) [masculine] (Sanskrit), चट (caṭa) (Sanskrit), ᱪᱟᱴ (caṭ) (Santali), ꠌꠣꠐ (saṭ) (Sylheti), சாட் (cāṭ) (Tamil), چاٹ (cāṭ) (Urdu)

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
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      "roman": "cāṭ",
      "sense": "an Indian savory snack",
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      "code": "ur",
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}

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