MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Chhama mean?
Chhama is a vernacular form of Sanskrit kshama, the word for forgiveness and forbearance. Its use in everyday Hindi keeps the idea of allowing another person's fault to pass without retaliation.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
छमा
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Chhama in Indian usage
3,452 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for girls (96.8%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 3,343 records (96.8%).
- Recorded as male: 109 records (3.2%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1950s | 175 |
| 1960s | 313 |
| 1970s | 681 |
| 1980s | 1,124 |
| 1990s | 1,043 |
| Other decades | 116 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Madhya Pradesh | 1,791 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 818 |
| Rajasthan | 185 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 183 |
| Uttarakhand | 181 |
| Other states | 294 |
How to read these numbers
Small counts and a second count where needed are withheld for privacy; an omitted value is not zero. Coverage, dates and suppression.
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Sources
- Historical Indian voter-record totals, v3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Historical usage; CC0 1.0; birth years 1910–2001
- Monier-Williams, kṣamā, p. 326,2 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.