ချစ်တီး

Burmese

Etymology

Borrowed from Tamil செட்டியார் (ceṭṭiyār), from Prakrit 𑀲𑁂𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀺𑀦𑁆 (sĕṭṭhin), from Sanskrit श्रेष्ठिन् (śreṣṭhin). Doublet of သူဌေး (suhte:).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ɕʰɪʔtí/
• Romanization: MLCTS: hkyacti: • ALA-LC: khyacʻtīʺ • BGN/PCGN: chitti: • Okell: hciʔtì

Proper noun

ချစ်တီး • (hkyacti:)

1. Chettiar or chetty, member of a South Indian caste

Derived terms

• ချစ်တီးကုလား (hkyacti:ku.la:)

 

References

• “ချစ်တီး” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.