કચેરી

See also: કચરો and કચોરી

Gujarati

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindustani کچہری / कचहरी (kacahrī).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Gujarati) IPA^(key): /ˈkə.t͡ʃeː.ɾi/
• Hyphenation: ક‧ચે‧રી
• Rhymes: -i

Noun

કચેરી • (kacerī) f

1. (law) court

   Synonyms: અદાલત (adālat), કોર્ટ (korṭ)

2. office

   Synonyms: ઑફિસ (ŏphis), કાર્યાલય (kāryālay), દફતર (daphtar)

   પોલીસ કમિશનરશ્રીની કચેરી

   polīs kamiśanarśrīnī kacerī

   the honourable police commissioner’s office

3. drawing room

   Synonym: દીવાનખાનું (dīvānkhānũ)

Further reading

More information

• “કચેરી”, in Gujaratilexicon.com [Gujarati-English dictionary], Arnion Technologies, 2009.
• “કચેરી”, in Gujaratilexicon.com [Gujarati-Gujarati dictionary], Arnion Technologies, 2009.
• “કચેરી”, in गुजराती-हिंदी-अंग्रेज़ी त्रिभाषा कोश (gujrātī-hindī-aṅgrezī tribhāṣā koś) [Gujarati-Hindi-English Trilingual Dictionary] (in Hindi), volume 1, केंद्रीय हिंदी निदेशालय [Central Hindi Directorate], 1989, page 214
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “kr̥tyagharikā”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 178