Pettah Definition

noun

(in Sri Lanka and southern India) 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 sun" (Fittchett p. 102 quoting Colonel Welsh).
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Other Word Forms of Pettah

Noun

Singular:
pettah
Plural:
pettahs

Origin of Pettah

  • From Tamil பேட்டை (peṭṭai, “estate”).

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