Anyone know?
Re: Chak De patte! what does that mean?
equivalent of the phrase "raise the roof"
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hehehhe i know that's how its used in punjabi songs and clubs..BUT i was curious what it actually meant and what was the orginal meaning...
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Yea I hear it all the time too.
My GUESS is that it comes from the urdu phrase "chahakde" meaning like excited, right?
dunno about the patte part.
Re: Chak De patte! what does that mean?
Literally, it means 'Pick da boards' as in 'U go get 'em boy/girl' just encouragement! :)
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My sikh punjabi friend was like it seems like "pick up the leaves"
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In the old city of Lahore people used to play caramboard and they called it phatta, whenever someone would win, they would say assi phattay cak dittay. its used in the sense whenever they acheive something/win, they say phattay chak dittay or chak day yaar phatay chak day :bhangra:
Re: Chak De patte! what does that mean?
The phrase is part of "Yahoo Messenger" Audibles for India
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hehehhe nicols
I just found it today and sent it to my firend and we both wondered what it actually meant...
50-b
are you feeding me a line?
Re: Chak De patte! what does that mean?
in lahorie language —> Uth oyeeeee 
Its mean .. Go n get him ( in excited way )
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This is a term usually found during bhangras…
It means to dance to the point where your ‘Chak’, or the slit between the front and back hem of the Kurta, becomes ‘Phatt’, or tears apart…You know, like ‘phatt gayee’…
So, dance till your hem splits…
So, Chak de phatte dance kar…
:bhangra:
Re: Chak De patte! what does that mean?
The district (zilla' in urdu) in punjab is called "Chuk" ..
so the phaTay (wood logs) from a "chuk" is called "Chuk de phaTay" [Wood logs of the district]
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^ say what?
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Amelie......ur sikh friend said 'pick da leaves' OMG...gotta be the first sikh to not know what it means. That's just plain sad.
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Ohhh wait now i get it...u asked patte which means leaves...u have to ask Phatte...because it's pronounced 'PHATTAY' with an H which totally changes the word. no H means leaves. with H (which is what u use when using the slang chak de phatte) means boards!
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Wazzy Boi you were right!
So we asked my sikh friend’s mom…
it’s slang from songs, more of a jhat language…she’s says literally it means to pick up a plank of wood, but really it’s slang meaning to go wild
—as if they went so wild that they picked up planks of wood
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Re: Chak De patte! what does that mean?
- Chuk day Phuttay* means * Anni macha day *
Lajawab—Astagfirullah
Re: Chak De patte! what does that mean?
Chak de phatte matlab raise the floorbards. So when Bhangra paaing, such a phrase makes ppl go kwazi.