kachchaadj.n.
/ˈkatʃə/, /ˈkʌtʃə/, U.S. /ˈkætʃə/, /ˈkətʃə/, Indian English /ˈkətʃːaː/ Anglo-Indian colloquial.
Imperfect, slight, temporary, makeshift (opposed to pucka, solid, substantial, permanent, etc.). As n. = Sun-dried brick, dried mud, as a material.
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society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > earth > [noun] > mud used for building
mud wall1578
kachcha1834
the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > imperfection > [adjective] > in specific way: defective or faulty > crude or undeveloped > rough or rude
gruff1681
rough and ready1730
rough1800
kachcha1834
hugger-mugger1840
1834 Baboo I. xi. 181 An old low bungalow, of kutcha, or mud-work.
1861 Daily Tel. 7 Oct. They [targets] were constructed of kutcha, or sun-dried bricks, a material as hard as stone.
1863 Ld. Elgin Lett. & Jrnls. (1872) 432 Where they cannot get a pucka railway, they take a kutcha one instead.
1886 H. Yule & A. C. Burnell Hobson-Jobson (at cited word) A cutcha brick is a sundried brick. A pucka brick is a properly kiln-burnt brick..A cutcha appointment is acting or temporary. A pucka appointment is permanent.
1920 Blackwood's Mag. Oct. 921/1 My friend transported me over three extra miles of ‘kacha’ road.
1975 Bangladesh Times 20 July 2/5 A good number of kacha houses were damaged.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online September 2022).
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