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chief meaning in Odia

ଶେଠ śeṭha

/t͡ʃiːf/

chief in Odia: ଶେଠ (śeṭha), ପରା (parā), ମହା (mahā), ଗଣ୍ଠି (gaṇṭhi). In English, chief means the leader or head of a tribe, organisation, business unit, or other group.

Odia words for chief

chief; principal
ଶେଠ śeṭha, ପରା parā
chief
ମହା mahā
chief or debatable point
ଗଣ୍ଠି gaṇṭhi

English meaning of chief

  1. noun The leader or head of a tribe, organisation, business unit, or other group.
  2. noun Headship, the status of being a chief or leader.
  3. noun The top part of a shield or escutcheon; more specifically, an ordinary consisting of the upper part of the field cut off by a horizontal line, generally occupying the top third.
  4. noun The principal part or top of anything.

Full definition of chief

chief in a sentence

  • All firefighters report to the fire chief.
  • Bob is our troubleshooter in chief.
  • Negligence was the chief cause of the disaster.

Synonyms of chief

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Questions about chief in Odia

What is the meaning of chief in Odia?
Chief in Odia is ଶେଠ (śeṭha), ପରା (parā), ମହା (mahā), ଗଣ୍ଠି (gaṇṭhi).
chief ର ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଅର୍ଥ କଣ?
Chief: ଶେଠ (śeṭha), ପରା (parā), ମହା (mahā), ଗଣ୍ଠି (gaṇṭhi).
What does chief mean in English?
Chief means the leader or head of a tribe, organisation, business unit, or other group.

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Odia words from Wiktionary's Odia entries whose English meaning is “chief”: ଗଣ୍ଠି, ପରା, ମହା, ଶେଠ. English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: chief (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Odia words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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