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कचेरी

See also: कचरा

Marathi edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Hindustani کَچَہْرِی (kacahrī) / कचहरी (kacahrī).[1]

Pronunciation edit

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

Noun edit

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 edit

References edit

  • Berntsen Date, Molesworth, Tulpule/Feldhaus Vaze (2022) “कचेरी”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [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.
  1. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “kr̥tyagharikā”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 178
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