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subcaste

subcaste noun: a subgrouping of a caste.

Noun

subcaste (plural subcastes)

  1. A subgrouping of a caste.

subcaste meaning in Urdu, Malayalam and Punjabi

subcaste in Urdu

subcaste
ذات zāt

subcaste in Malayalam

subcaste; especially of brahmins
ഗോത്രം gōtraṁ

subcaste in Punjabi

subcaste
ਉਪਜਾਤੀ upajātī

Forms of subcaste

pluralsubcastes

Origin of subcaste

From sub- + caste.

Questions about subcaste

What does subcaste mean?
Subcaste means a subgrouping of a caste.
What is subcaste in Urdu?
Subcaste in Urdu is ذات (zāt). See Subcaste meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is subcaste?
Subcaste is a noun.
What is the plural of subcaste?
The plural of subcaste is subcastes.

Words near subcaste in the dictionary

  1. subcasing
  2. subcasings
  3. subcasino
  4. subcasinos
  5. subcastaneous
  6. subcaste
  7. subcastes
  8. subcatalog
  9. subcatalogs
  10. subcatalogue
  11. subcatalogues

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: subcaste (page history and authors); ذات (Urdu) (page history and authors); ഗോത്രം (Malayalam) (page history and authors); ਉਪਜਾਤੀ (Punjabi) (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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