Urdu Dictionary

چهاوني छावनी ćhāʼonī, ćhāʼunī fr. ćhāʼonā

H چهاوني छावनी ćhāʼonī, ćhāʼunī (fr. ćhāʼonā), s.f. Thatching, roofing, covering; the art of thatching;—huts or barracks for soldiers, a cantonment:—ćhāʼonī ćhānā, 'To thatch a roof'; to make a home for oneself, to take up (one's) abode:—ćhāʼonī ḍālnā, To form or make a cantonment:—ćhāʼonī karnā (-meṅ), To canton, to take up quarters (in).