Etymology

Chhaya

C3H4H4A1Y4A1

Today it means: The goddess of shadows, and the wife of Sun God Surya Full definition →

Sanskrit छाया
Ask AI about its historyChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

The story

  1. Sanskrit · borrowed fromछाया“shadow, silhouette”
  2. English todayChhaya

Borrowed from Sanskrit छाया (chāyā, “shadow, silhouette”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.