chaddi short
- noun
- Indian
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chaddi
- The kids wore their chaddi shorts to the beach.
Examples
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In summer, kids often run around in chaddi shorts playing cricket in the park.
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Many children prefer to wear chaddi shorts when going to the local pool.
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He packed a pair of chaddi shorts for his beach holiday in Goa.
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He loves his new chaddi short for swimming.
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He packed a pair of chaddi shorts for his beach holiday in Goa.
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Many children prefer to wear chaddi shorts when going to the local pool.
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In summer, kids often run around in chaddi shorts playing cricket in the park.
Synonyms
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1.0
Trousers ending above the knee that people wear in warm weather or for sports
Short pants that end at the knee and are worn for sport or hot weather
How Short
Surface Forms
Morphology
chaddi + short
The element 'short' clearly signals a short garment, so part of the meaning (a short pair of trousers) is transparent. However 'chaddi' is a regionally specific/informal South Asian lexical item (not in standard dictionaries) whose exact referent and pragmatic use are not predictable from English morphology alone, so a B1 learner who only knows the English word 'short' would not reliably infer the full meaning. Because one constituent supplies a clear cue while the other is opaque/region-specific, the item is best classified as semi-transparent.
Etymology
The noun chaddi short may come from the Hindi word chaddi, which means 'underwear', because these small, simple shorts look like big underpants children often wear to play or swim. That's why the phrase today means 'a small pair of shorts for children'.