कचेरी

See also: कचरा

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindustani کَچَہْرِی (kacahrī) / कचहरी (kacahrī).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kə.t͡ɕe.ɾi/, [kə.t͡ɕe.ɾiː]

Noun

कचेरी • (kacerī) f

1. office

   Synonyms: ऑफिस (ŏphis), कार्यालय (kāryālay)

2. a hall of audience
3. a town-house
4. a court for the administration of public business. Applied by meton. to the people assembled and to the business proceeding

Descendants

• → Kannada: ಕಛೇರಿ (kachēri)
  • → English: cutcherry
• → Malayalam: കച്ചേരി (kaccēri)
• → Tamil: கச்சேரி (kaccēri)
• → Telugu: కచేరీ (kacērī)

References

• Berntsen Date, Molesworth, Tulpule/Feldhaus Vaze (2022) “कचेरी”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Marathi Dictionaries]
• दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “कचेरी”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ), page 540.