Ambashtha

noun

Am·​bash·​tha

(ˌ)əmˈbəshtə

plural -s

: a member of a caste in India formed by persons descended from Brahman fathers and Vaisya mothers and having the practice of the art of healing as its prerogative

Word History

Etymology

Sanskrit Ambaṣṭha

First Known Use

1838, in the meaning defined above

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