The story
- Tamil · derived fromபச்சடி“raita; a yogurt dish with vegetables mixed in”
- Malay · derived frompaceri
- English todaypatchri
From Malay paceri or pajeri, from Tamil பச்சடி (paccaṭi, “raita; a yogurt dish with vegetables mixed in”) or a cognate from another Dravidian language.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.