English Explanatory Dictionary

chetty

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A member of one of various South Indian castes of merchants, money-lenders and land-owners.

Word forms

chetty chetties chitty

Etymology

Ultimately from Sanskrit श्रेष्ठ (śreṣṭha) or श्रेष्ठीन् (śreṣṭhīn).

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