a. (sb.) Anglo-Indian colloq. Also kutcha. [a. Hindī kachchā raw, crude, unripe, uncooked.] Imperfect, slight, temporary, makeshift (opp. to pucka, solid, substantial, permanent, etc.). As sb. = Sun-dried brick, dried mud, as a material.
1834. [A. Prinsep], Baboo, I. xi. 181 (Stanf.). An old low bungalow, of kutcha, or mud-work.
1861. Daily Tel., 7 Oct., 5/. They [targets] were constructed of kutcha, or sun-dried bricks—a material as hard as stone.
1863. Ld. Elgin, Lett. & Jrnls. (1872), 432 (Y.). Where they cannot get a pucka railway they take a kutcha one instead.
1886. Yule & Burnell, Anglo-Ind. Gloss., s.v., A cutcha Brick is a sundried brick…. A pucka Brick is a properly kiln-burnt brick…. A cutcha Appointment is acting or temporary…. A pucka Appointment is permanent.
