cutcherry

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An administration office in India.
    — The cutcherry clerks and the police are with him everywhere; higher native officials are often on his side.
  2. A hall used for business, political, or social assemblies, such as a magistrate's court or a building housing a public agency. India
    — I walked through the ruins of the Fort of Bangalore ... it is not without some degree of magnificence. On the upper storey it contains four halls, each comprising two balconies of state for the prince, and each balcony faces a different Cutchery, or court for giving audience. No person, except a few trusty guards, were admitted into the hall with the Sultan: but at each end of the court was erected a balcony for the officers of the highest rank.
  3. Kaempferia galanga, a plant resembling ginger.

词形变化

cutcherries plural cutchery alternative katcheri alternative katcherry alternative kacheri alternative

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Proto-Indo-European *kʷer-
Sanskrit कृ (kṛ)
Proto-Indo-European *-yós
Sanskrit -य (-ya)
Sanskrit कृत्य (kṛtya)
Ashokan Prakrit 𑀓𑀘 (kaca)
Proto-New Indo-Aryan 𑀓𑀘𑁆𑀘 (kacca)
Proto-Indo-European *gʰerdʰ-der.
Proto-Indo-Iranian *gʰr̥dʰás
Sanskrit गृह (gṛha)
Proto-Middle Indo-Aryan *𑀕𑀭𑁆𑀳 (*garha)
Proto-New Indo-Aryan 𑀖𑀭 (ghara)
Proto-New Indo-Aryan *𑀓𑀘𑁆𑀘𑀳𑀭𑀺𑀆 (*kaccahariā)
Hindi कचहरी (kacahrī)bor.
Marathi कचेरी (kacerī)bor.
Tamil கச்சேரி (kaccēri)bor.
English cutcherry
Borrowed from Tamil கச்சேரி (kaccēri, “office, administrative office”).
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