CAITRA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Caitra mean? 

• CAITRA (noun)
  The noun CAITRA has 1 sense:

1. the first Hindu calendar month (corresponding to March in the Gregorian calendar)

  Familiarity information: CAITRA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CAITRA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The first Hindu calendar month (corresponding to March in the Gregorian calendar)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Synonyms:

Caitra; Chait

Hypernyms ("Caitra" is a kind of...):

Hindu calendar month (any lunisolar month in the Hindu calendar)

Meronyms (parts of "Caitra"):

Ramanavami (Hindu lunar holiday (on the 9th day of Caitra) to celebrate the birth of Rama)

Holonyms ("Caitra" is a part of...):

Hindu calendar (the lunisolar calendar governing the religious life of Hindus; an extra month is inserted after every month in which there are two new moons (once every three years))