Caste

//kɑːst//

Synonyms for "caste" (70 found)

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Closest matches (14)

Strong matches (21)

Related words (35)

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etymologically related_to

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has context

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is a

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part of

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related to

31 entries

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Translations

121 translations across 71 languages.

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Arabic

2 entries
  • طَبَقَة noun (hereditary social class)
  • طَبَقِيَّة noun (hereditary social class)

Armenian

1 entries
  • կաստա noun (hereditary social class)

Assamese

1 entries
  • বৰ্ণ noun (hereditary social class)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • kasta noun (hereditary social class)

Balinese

2 entries
  • kasta noun (hereditary social class)
  • linggih noun (hereditary social class)

Belarusian

1 entries
  • ка́ста noun (hereditary social class)

Bengali

3 entries
  • জাত noun (hereditary social class)
  • জাতি noun (hereditary social class)
  • বর্ণ noun (hereditary social class)

Bulgarian

1 entries
  • каста noun (hereditary social class)

Burmese

1 entries
  • ဇာတ် noun (hereditary social class)

Catalan

2 entries
  • casta noun (hereditary social class)
  • nissaga noun (hereditary social class)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries
  • 種姓 /种姓 noun (hereditary social class)
  • 種姓制度 /种姓制度 noun (hereditary social class)

Czech

1 entries
  • kasta noun (hereditary social class)

Danish

1 entries
  • kaste noun (hereditary social class)

Dutch

1 entries
  • kaste noun (hereditary social class)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • kasto noun (hereditary social class)

Estonian

1 entries
  • kast noun (hereditary social class)

Faroese

1 entries
  • kasta noun (hereditary social class)

Finnish

1 entries
  • kasti noun (hereditary social class)

French

1 entries
  • caste noun (hereditary social class)

Galician

1 entries
  • casta noun (hereditary social class)

Georgian

1 entries
  • კასტა noun (hereditary social class)

German

1 entries
  • Kaste noun (hereditary social class)

Greek

1 entries
  • κάστα noun (hereditary social class)

Gujarati

4 entries
  • કોળી noun (hereditary social class)
  • જાત noun (hereditary social class)
  • જાતિ noun (hereditary social class)
  • જ્ઞાતિ noun (hereditary social class)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • קאסטה noun (hereditary social class)

Hindi

4 entries
  • कुल noun (hereditary social class)
  • खेत noun (hereditary social class)
  • गोत्र noun (hereditary social class)
  • ज़ात noun (hereditary social class)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • kaszt noun (hereditary social class)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • erfðastétt noun (hereditary social class)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • kasta noun (hereditary social class)

Italian

1 entries
  • casta noun (hereditary social class)

Japanese

2 entries
  • カースト noun (hereditary social class)
  • ジャーティ noun (hereditary social class)

Kannada

2 entries
  • ಜಾತಿ noun (hereditary social class)
  • ವರ್ಣ noun (hereditary social class)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • каста noun (hereditary social class)

Khmer

1 entries
  • វណ្ណ noun (hereditary social class)

Korean

2 entries
  • 카스트 noun (hereditary social class)
  • 카스트제도 noun (hereditary social class)

Lao

1 entries
  • ວັນນະ noun (hereditary social class)

Latvian

1 entries
  • kasta noun (hereditary social class)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • kasta noun (hereditary social class)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • каста noun (hereditary social class)

Malay

2 entries
  • kasta noun (hereditary social class)
  • warna noun (hereditary social class)

Malayalam

4 entries
  • കുലം noun (hereditary social class)
  • കൂട്ടം noun (hereditary social class)
  • ഗോത്രം noun (hereditary social class)
  • ജാതി noun (hereditary social class)

Marathi

1 entries
  • जात-जमात noun (hereditary social class)

Mongolian

1 entries
  • каст noun (hereditary social class)

Māori

1 entries
  • tātai noun (hereditary social class)

Nepali

1 entries
  • काय noun (hereditary social class)

Norwegian

1 entries
  • kaste noun (hereditary social class)

Odia

1 entries
  • ଜାତି noun (hereditary social class)

Pali

2 entries
  • jāti noun (hereditary social class)
  • vaṇṇa noun (hereditary social class)

Persian

4 entries
  • ذات noun (hereditary social class)
  • طبقه noun (hereditary social class)
  • نسل noun (hereditary social class)
  • کاست noun (hereditary social class)

Polish

1 entries
  • kasta noun (hereditary social class)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • casta noun (hereditary social class)

Punjabi

1 entries
  • ਜਾਤਿ noun (hereditary social class)

Romanian

1 entries
  • castă noun (hereditary social class)

Russian

2 entries
  • ва́рна noun (hereditary social class)
  • ка́ста noun (hereditary social class)

Sanskrit

2 entries
  • जाति noun (hereditary social class)
  • वर्ण noun (hereditary social class)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • kȁsta noun (hereditary social class)
  • ка̏ста noun (hereditary social class)

Sinhalese

1 entries
  • කුල noun (hereditary social class)

Slovak

1 entries
  • kasta noun (hereditary social class)

Slovene

1 entries
  • kasta noun (hereditary social class)

Spanish

1 entries
  • casta noun (hereditary social class)

Swedish

1 entries
  • kast noun (hereditary social class)

Tajik

1 entries
  • каста noun (hereditary social class)

Tamil

1 entries
  • சாதி noun (hereditary social class)

Telugu

1 entries
  • కులము వర్ణము noun (hereditary social class)

Thai

2 entries
  • วรรณ noun (hereditary social class)
  • วรรณะ noun (hereditary social class)

Turkish

1 entries
  • kast noun (hereditary social class)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • ка́ста noun (hereditary social class)

Urdu

4 entries
  • جات noun (hereditary social class)
  • ذات noun (hereditary social class)
  • نیات noun (hereditary social class)
  • ورناشرم noun (hereditary social class)

Uzbek

1 entries
  • kasta noun (hereditary social class)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • đẳng cấp noun (hereditary social class)

Yiddish

1 entries
  • קאַסטע noun (hereditary social class)

Sample sentences

16 total sentences available.

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“The music of the Yazidi people is absolutely essential to their culture,” Bochmann told VOA. “Only one section of the people, the Qawals caste, are allowed to sing the music. There are only 16 of them left, and so we thought it would be essential in case another genocide took place, or anything else horrific, that we lodge this and record it.”

Source: tatoeba (8554885)

They have all converted to Islam, a religion that doesn't have a caste system.

Source: tatoeba (8608552)

Even when you convert to Islam, you're not truly able to escape the discrimination from some upper caste Hindus.

Source: tatoeba (8608553)

He's a member of the ancient priestly caste.

Source: tatoeba (8849715)

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