kutcha

or ka·cha, cut·cha

[ kuhch-uh ]

adjective

, Indian English.

1. crude, imperfect, or temporary.

Word History and Origins

Origin of kutcha¹

First recorded in 1830–35; from Hindi kaccā “raw, uncooked, unripe, immature”

Example Sentences

As a child, Akter, who goes by the daak name Bethi, would watch as cyclones flattened Nasirpur's kutcha houses, made of mud and straw.

From Salon

Prashant Sikarwar, 29, a businessman who lives in a residential complex adjacent to the road, said that the kutcha - or unpaved - road made it difficult for his two children to go to school during the seasonal monsoon rains.

From BBC

Tent cities that first appeared in the early days of independence grew into larger neighbourhoods, as residents built up from kutcha houses of mud and wood to pukka houses of brick and stone.

From The Guardian

They also humbly apologised and promised never to molest that Kutcha Naga village again; and when I spoke of the Queen, begged me to write to her and say, that she must not believe any idle tales against the Konoma men, as they would be her humble servants.

From Project Gutenberg

On the side of the Burrail facing us, were villages belonging to a tribe we call Kutcha Nagas, a race inferior in fighting power to the Angamis, but not unlike them in appearance, though of inferior physique.

From Project Gutenberg