Etymology

chaoni

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Today it means: An Anglo-Indian cantonment. Full definition →

Hindi [Term?]
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The story

  1. Hindi · borrowed from[Term?]“thatched roof”
  2. English todaychaoni

From Hindi [Term?] (“thatched roof”).

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