ချစ်တီး
Burmese edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Tamil செட்டியார் (ceṭṭiyār), from Prakrit, Sanskrit श्रेष्ठ (śreṣṭha), or Sanskrit श्रेष्ठीन् (śreṣṭhīn). Doublet of သူဌေး (suhte:).
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /t͡ɕʰɪʔtí/
- Romanization: MLCTS: hkyacti: • ALA-LC: khyacʻtīʺ • BGN/PCGN: chitti: • Okell: hciʔtì
Proper noun edit
ချစ်တီး • (hkyacti:)
- Chettiar or chetty, member of a South Indian caste
Derived terms edit
- ချစ်တီးကုလား (hkyacti:ku.la:)
References edit
- “ချစ်တီး” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.