कचेरी

See also: कचरा

Marathi

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *kʷer-

Sanskrit कृ (kṛ)

Proto-Indo-European *-yós

Sanskrit -य (-ya)

Sanskrit कृत्य (kṛtya)

Ashokan Prakrit 𑀓𑀘 (kaca)

Prakrit 𑀓𑀘𑁆𑀘 (kacca)

Proto-Indo-European *gʰerdʰ-der.

Proto-Indo-Iranian *gʰr̥dʰás

Sanskrit गृह (gṛha)

Ashokan Prakrit *𑀕𑀭𑁆𑀳 (*garha)

Prakrit 𑀖𑀭 (ghara)

Prakrit -𑀇𑀓𑀸- (-ikā-)

Prakrit *𑀓𑀘𑁆𑀘𑀳𑀭𑀺𑀆 (*kaccahariā)

Hindi कचहरी (kacahrī)bor.

Marathi कचेरी

Borrowed from Hindustani کَچَہْرِی (kacahrī) / कचहरी (kacahrī).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kə.t͡ɕe.ɾi/, [kə.t͡ɕe.ɾiː]

Noun

कचेरी • (kacerī) f

1. office

   Synonyms: ऑफिस (ŏphis), कार्यालय (kāryālay)

2. a hall of audience
3. a town-house
4. a court for the administration of public business. Applied by meton. to the people assembled and to the business proceeding

Descendants

• → Kannada: ಕಚೇರಿ (kacēri)
• → Malayalam: കച്ചേരി (kaccēri)
• → Tamil: கச்சேரி (kaccēri)
  • → English: cutcherry
• → Telugu: కచేరీ (kacērī)

References

• दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950), “कचेरी”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ)