chaudhuri
/ˈtʃaʊˌdʌri
/noun (plural chaudhuris) Indian
A government employee who supplies and is in charge of workers and materials for public works.The chaudhuris, had authority to deal with the complaints of debts, thefts and petty quarrels and to impose paltry fines.
Origin
From Hindi caudharī, literally 'holder of four', or from Sanskrit cakradhārin, denoting the bearer of a discus as a sign of authority.
- optic
- optical
- optical activity
- optical amplifier
- optical art
- optical axis
- optical bank
- optical bench
- optical bistability
- optical brightener
- optical cavity
- optical center
- optical centre
- optical character reader
- optical character recognition
- optical comparator
- optical dating
- optical density
- optical disc
- optical disk
- optical double
- optical drive
- optical fibre
- optical flat
- optical glass