कचहरी

Hindi

Etymology

Inherited from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀓𑀘𑁆𑀘𑀕𑀭𑁆𑀳𑀺𑀓𑀸 (*kaccagarhikā) (with Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀇𑀓𑀸- (-ikā-)), from Sanskrit कृत्य-गृह (kṛtya-gṛha).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /kə.t͡ʃəɦ.ɾiː/, [kɐ.t͡ʃɛʱ.ɾiː]

Noun

कचहरी • (kacahrī) f (Urdu spelling کَچَہْرِی)

1. (law) court

   Synonyms: अदालत (adālat), न्यायालय (nyāyālay), कोर्ट (korṭ), इजलस (ijlas)

2. group, crowd

Declension

Declension of कचहरी (fem ī-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	कचहरी kacahrī	कचहरियाँ kacahriyā̃
oblique	कचहरी kacahrī	कचहरियों kacahriyõ
vocative	कचहरी kacahrī	कचहरियो kacahriyo

Descendants

• → Gujarati: કચેરી (kacerī)
• → Marathi: कचेरी (kacerī)
  • → Kannada: ಕಛೇರಿ (kachēri)
    • → English: cutcherry
  • → Malayalam: കച്ചേരി (kaccēri)
  • → Tamil: கச்சேரி (kaccēri)
  • → Telugu: కచేరీ (kacērī)

Further reading

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “कचहरी”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 156
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “kr̥tyagharikā”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 178