कचहरी

Hindi

Etymology

Inherited from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀓𑀘𑁆𑀘𑀕𑀭𑁆𑀳𑀺𑀓𑀸 (*kaccagarhikā) (with Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀇𑀓𑀸- (-ikā-)), from Sanskrit कृत्य-गृह (kṛtya-gṛha).

Pronunciation

(Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /kə.t͡ʃəɦ.ɾiː/, [kɐ.t͡ʃɛʱ.ɾiː]

Noun

कचहरी • (kacahrī) f (Urdu spelling کَچَہْرِی)

(law) court
Synonyms: अदालत (adālat), न्यायालय (nyāyālay), कोर्ट (korṭ), इजलस (ijlas)
group, crowd

Declension

Declension of कचहरी (fem ī-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	कचहरी kacahrī	कचहरियाँ kacahriyā̃
oblique	कचहरी kacahrī	कचहरियों kacahriyõ
vocative	कचहरी kacahrī	कचहरियो kacahriyo

Descendants

→ Gujarati: કચેરી (kacerī)
→ Marathi: कचेरी (kacerī)
- → Kannada: ಕಛೇರಿ (kachēri)
  - → English: cutcherry
- → Malayalam: കച്ചേരി (kaccēri)
- → Tamil: கச்சேரி (kaccēri)
- → Telugu: కచేరీ (kacērī)

Further reading

McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “कचहरी”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 156
Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “kr̥tyagharikā”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 178

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