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Marathi
Etymology
Borrowed from Hindustani کَچَہْرِی (kacahrī) / कचहरी (kacahrī).[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
कचेरी • (kacerī) f
- office
- Synonyms: ऑफिस (ŏphis), कार्यालय (kāryālay)
- a hall of audience
- a town-house
- a court for the administration of public business. Applied by meton. to the people assembled and to the business proceeding
Descendants
References
- Berntsen Date, Molesworth, Tulpule/Feldhaus Vaze (2022) “कचेरी”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Marathi Dictionaries]
- दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण (1932-1950) “कचेरी”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे : महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ), page 540.