Kayasth
noun
Ka·yasth
ˈkäyəst
variants or Kayastha
-stə
plural -s
: a member of a high Hindu caste especially numerous in Bengal and Uttar Pradesh whose caste occupation is that of clerks, writers, and accountants
Word History
Etymology
Sanskrit kāyastha, probably from kāya body, group + -stha standing, being in; akin to Sanskrit cinoti he gathers, heaps up and to Sanskrit tiṣṭhati he stands
- heavy hitter
- heavy hitters
- heavy hydrogen
- heavy industry
- heavy lifting
- heavy liftings
- heavy liquid
- heavy man
- heavy metal
- heavy mineral
- heavy nitrogen
- heavy oil
- heavy oil of wine
- heavy on
- heavy on one's hands
- heavy oxygen
- heavy pine
- heavy racket
- heavy sleeper
- heavy snow
- heavy snowfall
- heavy solution
- heavy spar
- heavy water
- heavy weapons company