chota hazri
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Hindi छोटा हाज़िरी (choṭā hāzirī).
Noun[edit]
chota hazri (uncountable)
- (India) A light breakfast.
- 1924, E. M. Forster, A Passage to India, Penguin 2005, page 200:
- ‘Sorry, my dear; take your time…Was your chota hazri all right?’