chattee

English

Etymology

Probably from Tamil சட்டி (caṭṭi), from Proto-South Dravidian *caṭṭi.

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chattee (plural chattees)

  1. (India) A clay pot for holding water.
    • 1868, Mary Eliza Frère, Old Deccan Days, page 14:
      In the midst of the jungle grows a circle of palm trees, and in the centre of the circle stand six chattees full of water, piled one above another: below the sixth chattee is a small cage, which contains a little green parrot.

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