chetty

词形变化

chetties 复数 chetties

别名

chetti chitty

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A member of one of various South Indian castes of merchants, money-lenders and land-owners.

    Marguerite's mother was earning 22,000 francs a month. A quarter of that went to the owner of the Saigon boarding house; another quarter to Pierre's tutor in France and a third went to the chetties to pay off loans made for the concession.

词源

Ultimately from Sanskrit श्रेष्ठ (śreṣṭha) or श्रेष्ठीन् (śreṣṭhīn).

来源：wiktionary