English Explanatory Dictionary

pettah

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A town, sometimes fortified, outside a fort.

Word forms

pettah pettahs

Etymology

Borrowed from Tamil பேட்டை (pēṭṭai, “extramural suburb”).

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