Khatri

  1. Noun.  The second-highest of the four castes or varnas in traditional Punjabi society.
  2. Noun.  A member of ruling or martial class in Punjabi society, regardless of religion.
  3. Noun.  Warrior, protector, governing official, judge, administrator, anyone in military or governing hierarchy from king to village chief and from general to foot-soldier.
  4. Noun.  Descendants of Indo-Scythians.
  5. Noun.  Ancestraly, ethnically and genetically related to Jats, Tarkhans (Ramgarhias), Gujjars, Rajputs, Lohars and Kambojs.

This is an unmodified, but possibly outdated, definition from Wiktionary and used here under the Creative Commons license. Wiktionary is a great resource. If you like it too, please donate to Wikimedia.

This entry was last updated on RefTopia from its source on 3/20/2012.