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kutcha

UK/ˈkʌtʃə/

kutcha adjective: imperfect, makeshift; ramshackle, second-rate.

Adjective

kutcha (comparative more kutcha, superlative most kutcha)

  1. (South-Asia) Imperfect, makeshift; ramshackle, second-rate.
  2. (South-Asia) Built from natural materials, especially unfired mud and thatch.
    • The manager publicly announced that the kutcha house loan was for those who lived in thatched huts and the linkage loan for those who lived in tiled houses!2016 July 7, K. Kalpana, Women, Microfinance and the State in Neo-liberal India, Routledge, →ISBN, page 129

Noun

kutcha (uncountable)

  1. (South-Asia) Dried brick or mud, used as a material.
    • The only reasonable objection that could be made was its being cutcha—that is, built with mud instead of mortar.1808–10, William Hickey, Memoirs of a Georgian Rake, Folio Society 1995, p. 215
    • Does the Station go on still? That was ages and ages ago. It must be crumbling to pieces. All except the Amirtollah kutcha road. I don't believe that could crumble till the Day of Judgment.1909, Rudyard Kipling, “The Hill of Illusion”, in Under the Deodars (The Works of Rudyard Kipling), Edinburgh de Luxe edition, Boston, Mass.; London: The Edinburgh Society, →OCLC, page 84

kutcha meaning in Tamil

kutcha in Tamil

மண்சாலை

Antonyms of kutcha

Forms of kutcha

comparativemore kutcha
superlativemost kutcha
alternative formcutcha
alternative formkacha
alternative formkachcha
alternative formkuchcha

Origin of kutcha

From Hindi कच्चा (kaccā, “raw, unripe”).

Words formed from kutcha

Phrases with kutcha

Questions about kutcha

What does kutcha mean?
Kutcha means imperfect, makeshift; ramshackle, second-rate.
What is kutcha in Tamil?
Kutcha in Tamil is மண்சாலை. See Kutcha meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is kutcha?
Kutcha can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce kutcha?
Kutcha is pronounced /ˈkʌtʃə/ (UK).

Words near kutcha in the dictionary

  1. Kutas
  2. Kutasho
  3. kutauss
  4. kutch
  5. Kutch District
  6. kutcha
  7. kutcha house
  8. kutcha houses
  9. kutcha-pukka
  10. Kutcher
  11. kutcherry

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: kutcha (page history and authors); kutcha (Tamil 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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