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pettah

pettah noun: a town, sometimes fortified, outside a fort.

Noun

pettah (plural pettahs)

  1. A town, sometimes fortified, outside a fort.
    • We had not hitherto seen the face of the enemy, but now the walls of both the Pettah —native town— and fort were lined with men whose arms glittered in the sun1830, James Welsh, Military Reminiscences, 2nd edition, volume 1

pettah meaning in Tamil

pettah in Tamil

பேட்டை

Forms of pettah

pluralpettahs

Origin of pettah

Borrowed from Tamil பேட்டை (pēṭṭai, “extramural suburb”).

Questions about pettah

What does pettah mean?
Pettah means a town, sometimes fortified, outside a fort.
What is pettah in Tamil?
Pettah in Tamil is பேட்டை. See Pettah meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is pettah?
Pettah is a noun.
What is the plural of pettah?
The plural of pettah is pettahs.

Words near pettah in the dictionary

  1. petsitting
  2. petspace
  3. Pett
  4. petta
  5. pettable
  6. pettah
  7. pettahs
  8. pettara
  9. pettarah
  10. pettarahs
  11. pettaras

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