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Chait

Chait

9.9
The first month in the Hindu calendar that usually falls in March
  • noun
  • Indian
: chait
  • Many festivals are celebrated in Chait, marking the start of the New Year for Hindus.

Examples

  • As spring approaches in Chait, the days begin to lengthen and the weather warms.

  • In Chait, the Hindu calendar begins with the month that typically falls in March.

  • Or as Chait put it the other day:

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  • But as Chait points out, the lack of bylines

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  • The chair and the president are joined in a partnership, and they "must learn to dance together" (Chait, Holland, & Taylor, 1996, p. 123).

    Academic text (2003)
  • Trower and Chait say.

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  • The "moochers" were more or less everyone else, leading TNR's Jonathan Chait to describe Rand's thinking as a kind of inverted Marxism.

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  • The Questions of Tenure. R. P. Chait, ed. Harvard U. Press, Cambridge, Mass., 2002. $35.00 (334 pp.). ISBN 0-674-00771-9

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  • One study by Cathy Trower and Richard Chait (see Resources) found that, in the case of women students, the "most accurate predictor of subsequent success for female undergraduates is the percentage of women among faculty members" at the institution.

    Academic text (2005)

Synonyms

Caitra
vsChait
  • Indian
9.9

The first month of the Hindu calendar, usually March or April

is the first month that usually aligns with March rather than April

Surface Forms

Chait singular
Chaits plural

Etymology

Chait comes from the Sanskrit and Hindi month name Chaitra, which is the first month of the Hindu year. Think of Chait as the 'start' of the year and of spring, which is why festivals like Holi happen in this month.