chaddi
US/ˈt͡ʃʌ.di/
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Bangladesh/t͡ʃəɖ.ɖiː/
chaddi noun: underwear, shorts, especially knickers.
Noun
chaddi (plural chaddis)
- Underwear, shorts, especially knickers.
- Male or female underpants.
- A member or supporter of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh; by extension, a member or supporter of an organisation associated or affliated with Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh.
chaddi meaning in Kannada
chaddi in Kannada
- ಚಡ್ಡಿ, ಒಳ ಉಡುಪು, ನಿಕ್ಕರ್
Synonyms of chaddi
Forms of chaddi
| plural | chaddis |
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Origin of chaddi
Borrowed from Hindi चड्डी (caḍḍī, “underwear”), or even directly from Punjabi ਚੱਡੀ (caḍḍī, “underwear”) from Sanskrit छद्दी (chaddī), from छद् (chad, “to cover”). The political sense derives from the iconic khaki coloured shorts worn as part of uniform of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, which replaced them with brown trousers in the year 2016.
Words formed from chaddi
Questions about chaddi
- What does chaddi mean?
- Chaddi means underwear, shorts, especially knickers.
- What is chaddi in Kannada?
- Chaddi in Kannada is ಚಡ್ಡಿ, ಒಳ ಉಡುಪು, ನಿಕ್ಕರ್. See Chaddi meaning in Kannada.
- What part of speech is chaddi?
- Chaddi is a noun.
- How do you pronounce chaddi?
- Chaddi is pronounced /t͡ʃəɖ.ɖiː/ (Bangladesh).
- What is the plural of chaddi?
- The plural of chaddi is chaddis.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: chaddi (page history and authors); chaddi (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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