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चौधरी

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Etymology

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Inherited from Sanskrit चतुर्धर (caturdhara, name of a family or race). A title given in old times to influential and rich village land lords. Cognate with Sylheti ꠌꠗꠞꠤ (sodri).

Pronunciation

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  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /t͡ʃɔːd̪ʱ.ɾiː/

Proper noun

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चौधरी (caudhrīm or f by sense

  1. a surname, equivalent to English Choudhary

Declension

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NOTE: This term is declined masculine or feminine according to the gender of the referent.

Further reading

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Marathi

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Marathi 𑘓𑘼𑘟𑘻𑘝𑘿𑘨 (caudotra), 𑘓𑘼𑘟𑘿𑘨𑘲 (caudrī), 𑘓𑘼𑘠𑘨𑘲 (caudharī, a revenue officer), from Sanskrit चतुर्धर (caturdhara, name of a family or race). Compare Gujarati ચોધરી (codhrī), ચૌધરી (caudhrī), Hindustani, چَودْھرِی (caudhrī) / चौधरी (caudhrī), Sindhi چَوڌِرِي / चौधिरी, Punjabi ਚੌਧਰੀ (caudhrī) / چَودھرِی (caudhrī), Nepali चौधरी (caudharī), Maithili चौधरि (caudhᵊrɨ), चौधरी (caudhᵊrī) / 𑒔𑒾𑒡𑒩𑒱 (caudhari) , 𑒔𑒾𑒡𑒩𑒲 (caudharī), Odia ଚଉଧୁରୀ (caudhuri), Bengali চৌধুরী (cōudhuri), Assamese চৌধুৰী (soudhuri).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /t͡səud̪ʱ.ɾi/, [t͡səud̪ʱ.ɾiː]

Proper noun

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चौधरी (caudhrī?

  1. a surname, equivalent to English Chaudhary

Further reading

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  • Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “चौधरी”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
  • दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “चौधरी”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “caturdhara”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press