s. m, Corrupted from the Sanskrit word Chaturvaidi. lit. A Brahman, acquainted with the four Vedas but now applied indiscriminately to the Brahmans and especially to the attendants at the shrines of Mathra, Bindraban, and Benares, notorious for their eating capacity;—a. (in comp.) as, do chobbá, of two poles, supported by two poles; ikk chobbá, of one pole; i. e. a tent supported by one pole.