ချစ်တီး

Burmese

Etymology

Borrowed from Tamil செட்டியார் (ceṭṭiyār), from Prakrit 𑀲𑁂𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀺𑀦𑁆 (sĕṭṭhin), from Sanskrit श्रेष्ठिन् (śreṣṭhin). Doublet of သူဌေး (suhte:).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡ɕʰɪʔtí/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: hkyacti: • ALA-LC: khyacʻtīʺ • BGN/PCGN: chitti: • Okell: hciʔtì

Proper noun

ချစ်တီး • (hkyacti:)

  1. Chettiar or chetty, member of a South Indian caste

Derived terms

  • ချစ်တီးကုလား (hkyacti:ku.la:)

References

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