The story
- Marathi · borrowed fromचौथ“one quarter”
- English todaychout
Borrowed from Marathi चौथ (cauth, “one quarter”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Today it means: An assessment equal to a quarter of the revenue, levied by the Marathas from other Indian kingdoms as compensation for being exempted from plunder. Full definition →
Marathi चौथ