Chettiar (also spelt as Chetti and Chetty) is a title used by many traders, weaving, agricultural and land-owning castes in South India, especially in the Indian states of Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Karnataka.[1][2][3]
Etymology
Chettiar/Chetty is derived from the Sanskrit word Template:IAST (Devanagari: श्रेष्ठ) or Template:IAST (Devanagari: श्रेष्ठीन्) meaning superior, Prakritised as Template:IAST (Devanagari: सेठी), and then Template:IAST (Devanagari: शेट) or Template:IAST (Devanagari: शेटी) in modern Indo-Aryan dialects.[4][5][6][7][8][9]
See also
- Nagarathar
- Vallanattu Chettiar
- Twenty four Manai Telugu Chettiars
- Devanga Chettiar
- Pattanavar
- Chitty
- Kandangi sari
- Pattusali
References
- ↑ Chettiar Band, AVM To FM. Outlook. Retrieved 2016-04-09.
- ↑ Chettiars reign where wealth meets godliness. The Economic Times. Retrieved 2016-04-09.
- ↑ BBMP move shocking: Puttanna Chetty's grandson.
- ↑ Democracy and Authoritarianism in South Asia: A Comparative and Historical Perspective{{#if:Jalal|, Jalal}. Cambridge University Press(1995). ISBN 978-0-521-47862-5
- ↑ The Cambridge Economic History of India: c.1200–c.1750{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Cambridge University Press Archive(1982). ISBN 978-0-521-22692-9
- ↑ The Dawn and Dawn Society's Magazine({Template:Date).:”In all the early Indian literatures, the word is applied to a very wealthy class of merchants, who invariably belonged to the Vysya class”
- ↑ Thaipusam in Malaysia{{#if:Belle|, Belle}. ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute(2017). ISBN 9789814695756:”Although the Chettiars were originally a Sudra caste, in more recent times they have made claim to be considered as Vaisyas.”
- ↑ Ramanujar: The Life and Ideas of Ramanuja{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Oxford University Press(2008). ISBN 978-0-19-569161-0
- ↑ Population Review{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Indian Institute for Population Studies(1975)
Further reading
- Christine Dobson, Asian Entrepreneurial Minorities, Curzon Press UK, 1996. (A chapter in the book is devoted to the Chettiars who set up businesses in Burma.)
- Rajeswary Brown (1993) "Chettiar capital and Southeast Asian credit networks in the inter-war period". In G. Austin and K. Sugihara, eds. Local Suppliers of Credit in the Third World, 1750-1960. (New York: St. Martin's Press).
- Chinese and Indian Business: Historical Antecedents{{#if:Kudaisya|, Kudaisya}. BRILL(2009). ISBN 9789004172791
- David Rudner (1989) Banker's Trust and the Culture of Banking among the Nattukottai Chettiars of Colonial South India. Modern Asian Studies 23 (3), 417-458.
- Heiko Schrader (1996) Chettiar Finance in Colonial Asia. Zeitschrift fur Ethnologie 121, 101-126.