chota hazri India.
(ˈtʃəʊtə ˈhɑːzriː)
Also chotah; hazaree, haziree, haziri, hazree.
[Hindi choṭā ḥāẓirī little breakfast.]
A light early breakfast.
| 1863 Trevelyan Dawk Bungalow 11, Are you ready for some chota hazaree? 1866 E. J. Waring Trop. Resid. 171 There is one small meal..commonly known in India by the Hind{uacu}stani name of Chota-haziri, and in our English colonies as ‘Early Tea’. 1883 B. M. Croker Pretty Miss Neville II. 23 At eight o'clock we had chotah-hazree under a big tree in the compound; it consisted of tea, toast, seed-cake, and fruit... We breakfasted at ten o'clock. 1884 D. Aubrey Lett. fr. Bombay ii. 15 They intended to..come on board at eight o'clock..and have chota hazri on the water. 1888 J. Inglis Tent Life v. 63 A hasty chota haziree, or little breakfast. 1927 Blackw. Mag. Sept. 326/1, I was the only officer in the two companies who got chota hazri that morning. 1928 Cornhill Mag. Oct. 470 We sat down to a very early ‘chota hazaree’ that was laid outside in the moonlight. |