छाँव

• छांव (chāmv), छाँह (chā̃h)

Variant of older छाँह (chā̃h), from Prakrit छाहा (chāhā), itself a variant of छाआ (chāā), from Sanskrit छाया (chāyā́), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *śćaHyáH, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱeh₃ih₂. Doublet of छाया (chāyā) and साया (sāyā). Related to छाई (chāī).

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃʰɑ̃ːʋ/, [t͡ʃʰä̃ːʋ], /t͡ʃʰɑ̃ː.oː/, [t͡ʃʰä̃ː.oː]

छाँव • (chā̃v) f (Urdu spelling چھاؤں)

1. shade, shadow

   Synonyms: साया (sāyā); छाया (chāyā)

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “छाँव”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “chāyā́”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press