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chatna

chatna is the archaic form of chutney.

Meaning of chutney

Noun

chutney (usually uncountable, plural chutneys)

  1. (usually) A sweet or savory but usually spicy condiment, originally from eastern India, made from a variety of fruits and/or vegetables, often containing significant amounts of fresh green or dried red chili peppers.
    • mango chutney
  2. (usually) A style of Indo-Caribbean music from the West Indies, associated especially with Trinidad and Tobago.

Questions about chatna

What is chatna the archaic form of?
Chatna is the archaic form of chutney.

Words near chatna in the dictionary

  1. Chatmans
  2. chatmate
  3. chatmates
  4. Chatmon
  5. Chatmons
  6. chatna
  7. Chatney
  8. Chatom
  9. chaton
  10. chatons
  11. Chatot

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Adapted from Wiktionary: chatna (page history and authors); chutney (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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