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"Chetty", "Chetti", and "Chetties" redirect here. For the Sri Lankan community, see
Sri Lankan Chetties .
Kanadukathan Chettinadu Palace, an example of Chettinadu architecture.
Chettiar (also spelt as Chetti and Chetty ) is a title used by many traders, weaving, agricultural and land-owning castes in South India , especially in the Indian states of Tamil Nadu , Kerala and Karnataka .[1] [2] [3]
Etymology [ edit ]
Chettiar/Chetty is derived from the Sanskrit word Śreṣṭha Devanagari : श्रेष्ठ) or Śreṣṭhin Devanagari : श्रेष्ठीन्) meaning superior, Prakritised as Seṭhī Devanagari : सेठी), and then Śeṭ Devanagari : शेट) or Śeṭī Devanagari : शेटी) in modern Indo-Aryan dialects.[4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]
See also [ edit ]
References [ edit ]
^ "BBMP move shocking: Puttanna Chetty's grandson" .
^ Jalal, Ayesha (1995). Democracy and Authoritarianism in South Asia: A Comparative and Historical Perspective ISBN 978-0-521-47862-5
^ Raychaudhuri, Tapan; Habib, Irfan ; Kumar, Dharma (1982). The Cambridge Economic History of India: c.1200–c.1750 ISBN 978-0-521-22692-9
^ "The Dawn and Dawn Society's Magazine" . 12
^ Belle, Carl Vadivella (2017). Thaipusam in Malaysia ISBN 9789814695756
^ Intirā Pārttacārati (2008). Ramanujar: The Life and Ideas of Ramanuja ISBN 978-0-19-569161-0 The Chetti, Vaisya, or merchant caste
^ Population Review
Further reading [ edit ]
Christine Dobson, Asian Entrepreneurial Minorities, Curzon Press UK, 1996. (A chapter in the book is devoted to the Chettiars who set up businesses in Burma.)
Rajeswary Brown (1993) "Chettiar capital and Southeast Asian credit networks in the inter-war period". In G. Austin and K. Sugihara, eds. Local Suppliers of Credit in the Third World, 1750-1960 . (New York: St. Martin's Press).
Kudaisya, Medha M. (2009). "Marwari and Chettiar Merchants. 1850s-1950s: Comparative Trajectories" . In Kudaisya, Medha M.; Ng, Chin-Keong (eds.). Chinese and Indian Business: Historical Antecedents . Leiden: BRILL. ISBN 9789004172791
David Rudner (1989) Banker's Trust and the Culture of Banking among the Nattukottai Chettiars of Colonial South India . Modern Asian Studies 23 (3 ), 417-458.
Heiko Schrader (1996) Chettiar Finance in Colonial Asia . Zeitschrift fur Ethnologie 121, 101-126.
R e t r i e v e d f r o m " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Chettiar&oldid=1229575405 " C a t e g o r i e s : ● C h e t t i a r ● S o c i a l g r o u p s o f K e r a l a ● S u r n a m e s o f I n d i a n o r i g i n ● S r i L a n k a n T a m i l s o c i e t y ● S o c i a l g r o u p s o f T a m i l N a d u ● I n d i a n c a s t e s ● M e r c h a n t c a s t e s ● A g r i c u l t u r a l c a s t e s ● S o u t h I n d i a n c o m m u n i t i e s ● S o c i a l g r o u p s o f K a r n a t a k a H i d d e n c a t e g o r i e s : ● C S 1 e r r o r s : m i s s i n g p e r i o d i c a l ● A r t i c l e s w i t h s h o r t d e s c r i p t i o n ● S h o r t d e s c r i p t i o n i s d i f f e r e n t f r o m W i k i d a t a ● U s e d m y d a t e s f r o m N o v e m b e r 2 0 1 5 ● U s e I n d i a n E n g l i s h f r o m N o v e m b e r 2 0 1 5 ● A l l W i k i p e d i a a r t i c l e s w r i t t e n i n I n d i a n E n g l i s h
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a d d i t i o n a l t e r m s m a y a p p l y . B y u s i n g t h i s s i t e , y o u a g r e e t o t h e T e r m s o f U s e a n d P r i v a c y P o l i c y . W i k i p e d i a ® i s a r e g i s t e r e d t r a d e m a r k o f t h e W i k i m e d i a F o u n d a t i o n , I n c . , a n o n - p r o f i t o r g a n i z a t i o n . ● P r i v a c y p o l i c y ● A b o u t W i k i p e d i a ● D i s c l a i m e r s ● C o n t a c t W i k i p e d i a ● C o d e o f C o n d u c t ● D e v e l o p e r s ● S t a t i s t i c s ● C o o k i e s t a t e m e n t ● M o b i l e v i e w
