chetty
noun
chet·ty
variants or chettie
ˈchetē
plural chettis or chetties
-tēz
or chettyars -tēˌärz
often capitalized
: a member of a caste of Tamil moneylenders or merchants in southern India, Ceylon, Burma, Malaya, Fiji, and South Africa
Word History
Etymology
Tamil-Malayalam ceṭṭi, from Sanskrit śreṣṭhin
- federalised
- federalises
- federalising
- federalism
- federalisms
- federalist
- federalists
- federalization
- federalizations
- federalize
- federalized
- federalizes
- federalizing
- federally
- federals
- Federals
- federary
- federate
- federated
- federated church
- Federated Malay States
- federates
- federating
- federation
- federation of malaya