cutcherry
noun
cut·cher·ry
variants or cutchery
(ˌ)kəˈcherē,
ˈkəchərē
plural -es
India
: a public office for administrative or judicial business : courthouse
also : any administrative office (as of a planter)
Word History
Etymology
Hindi kacahrī, from kaca- (probably from Prakrit kacca, from Sanskrit k(rudot}tya) + -hri (probably from Prakrit ghara house, hearth); akin to Sanskrit kṛtyā act, action, karman act, work and to Sanskrit gharma heat