khatiya

K5H4A1T1I1Y4A1

noun

A rope bed.

Scrabble 17

Meanings

nounkhatiya (plural khatiyas)

plural khatiyas

  1. South AsiaA rope bed.

    My men carried Shafi away on a khatiya.

    1997, Kiran Nagarkar, Cuckold, HarperCollins, published 2013, page 273
    2 more examples

    I began drifting and presently encountered a man sitting on a khatiya, gazing passively into the scorched fields across the road.

    2005, Rahul Bhattacharya, Pundits from Pakistan

    Inside the hut, an old man was lying on a khatiya. The ball boy greeted him with a salaam.

    2010, Anshuman Mohan, Potato Chips

Origin

  1. Hindiखटिया
  2. Englishkhatiya

Borrowed from Hindi खटिया (khaṭiyā).

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