chetty
noun
chet·ty
variants or chettie
ˈchetē
plural chettis or chetties
-tēz
or chettyars -tēˌärz
often capitalized
: a member of a caste of Tamil moneylenders or merchants in southern India, Ceylon, Burma, Malaya, Fiji, and South Africa
Word History
Etymology
Tamil-Malayalam ceṭṭi, from Sanskrit śreṣṭhin
- ethylbenzene
- ethylbenzenes
- ethylene
- ethylene chloride
- ethylene chlorohydrin
- ethylene cyanohydrin
- ethylene di
- ethylene dibromide
- ethylene dichloride
- ethylene glycol
- ethylene linkage
- ethylene oxide
- ethylenediaminetetraacetate
- ethylenediaminetetraacetates
- ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid
- ethyleneimine
- ethylener
- ethylenes
- ethylenest
- ethylenic
- ethylenic isomerism
- ethylenic linkage
- ethylenimine
- ethylhexoate
- ethylhexoic acid