choultry

English

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choultry

Alternative forms

choltry, chowree, chowry, tschultri^[1]

Etymology

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Particularly: “Peculiar to S. India, and of doubtful etymology; Malayāl. chāwaṭī, Tel. chāwaḍi, tsāvaḍi, chau, Skt. chatur, 'four,' vāṭa, 'road,' a place where four roads meet”

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃaʊl.tɹi/

Noun

choultry (plural choultries)

(India, historical) A Hindu caravanserai.^[2]

References

^ Charles Augustus Maude Fennell (1892), The Stanford Dictionary of Anglicised Words and Phrases‎^[1], Cambridge University Press, pages 242, 244, 781.
^ “choltry”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

[1] Charles Augustus Maude Fennell (1892), The Stanford Dictionary of Anglicised Words and Phrases‎^[1], Cambridge University Press, pages 242, 244, 781.

[2] “choltry”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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