ချစ်တီး

Burmese

Etymology

Borrowed from Tamil செட்டியார் (ceṭṭiyār), from Prakrit, Sanskrit श्रेष्ठ (śreṣṭha), or Sanskrit श्रेष्ठीन् (śreṣṭhīn). Doublet of သူဌေး (suhte:).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /t͡ɕʰɪʔtí/

Romanization: MLCTS: hkyacti: • ALA-LC: khyacʻtīʺ • BGN/PCGN: chitti: • Okell: hciʔtì

Proper noun

ချစ်တီး • (hkyacti:)

Chettiar or chetty, member of a South Indian caste

Derived terms

ချစ်တီးကုလား (hkyacti:ku.la:)

References

“ချစ်တီး” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.

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