pettahとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

Borrowed from Tamil பேட்டை (pēṭṭai, “extramural suburb”).

名詞

pettah (plural pettahs)

1. (in Sri Lanka and South India) A town, sometimes fortified, outside a fort.
   • 1830, James Welsh, Military Reminiscences, 2nd edition, volume 1:

     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

参照

• Dutt, Ashok K. Challenges to Asian urbanization in the 21st century, p. 60
• Fitchett, William Henry. Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852, London: G. Bell, 1911.