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chedi

chedi noun: a Thai Buddhist monument similar to a stupa.

chedi: a Thai Buddhist monument similar to a stupa
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Noun

chedi (plural chedis)

  1. A Thai Buddhist monument similar to a stupa.

Proper noun capitalized: Chedi

Chedi

  1. (historical) An ancient Indian kingdom whose capital city was Suktimati.

chedi meaning in Tamil, Thai, Vietnamese and Myanmar

chedi in Tamil

சேதி

chedi in Thai

a Thai Buddhist monument similar to a stupa
เจดีย์ jee-dii

chedi in Vietnamese

a Thai Buddhist monument similar to a stupa
phù đồ

chedi in Myanmar

a Thai Buddhist monument similar to a stupa
စေတီ ceti

Forms of chedi

Noun
pluralchedis
Proper noun
alternative formCedi

Origin of chedi

From Thai เจดีย์ (jee-dii), from Pali cetiya (Devanagari spelling: चेतिय (cetiya)), from Sanskrit चैत्य (caitya, “hall, temple, or place of worship”).

Borrowed from Sanskrit चेदि (cedi).

Questions about chedi

What does chedi mean?
Chedi means a Thai Buddhist monument similar to a stupa.
What is chedi in Tamil?
Chedi in Tamil is சேதி. See Chedi meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is chedi?
Chedi can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of chedi?
The plural of chedi is chedis.

Words near chedi in the dictionary

  1. cheddites
  2. Cheddleton
  3. cheder
  4. chederim
  5. cheders
  6. chedi
  7. Chediak-Higashi anomalies
  8. Chediak-Higashi anomaly
  9. chedipe
  10. chedipes
  11. chedis

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: chedi (page history and authors); Chedi (page history and authors); chedi (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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