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caste in Arabic

طَبَقَة ṭabaqa

UK/kɑːst/

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Northern England/kast/

caste in Arabic: طَبَقَة (ṭabaqa), طَبَقِيَّة (ṭabaqiyya). In English, caste means any of the hereditary social classes and subclasses of South Asian societies or similar found historically in other cultures.

Arabic words for caste

hereditary social class
طَبَقَة ṭabaqa, طَبَقِيَّة ṭabaqiyya

English meaning of caste

  1. noun Any of the hereditary social classes and subclasses of South Asian societies or similar found historically in other cultures.
  2. noun A separate and fixed order or class of persons in society who chiefly associate with each other.
  3. noun The division of society into castes; the caste system.
  4. noun A class of polymorphous eusocial insects of a particular size and function within a colony.

Full definition of caste

caste in a sentence

  • In beehives, most bees belong to the worker caste.

caste in other languages

Questions about caste in Arabic

What is the meaning of caste in Arabic?
Caste in Arabic is طَبَقَة (ṭabaqa), طَبَقِيَّة (ṭabaqiyya).
ما معنى كلمة caste؟
Caste: طَبَقَة (ṭabaqa), طَبَقِيَّة (ṭabaqiyya).
What does caste mean in English?
Caste means any of the hereditary social classes and subclasses of South Asian societies or similar found historically in other cultures.

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