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chitra
Sanskrit · ancient
"bright, variegated"
meaning "bright" or "spotted"
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chint
Hindi · medieval
"spattered cotton cloth"
a spattered or spotted printed cotton cloth
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chintz
English · 1600s
"a glazed, printed cotton fabric"
adopted through British textile trade with India
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