Kshatriya
/ˈkʃɑːtrɪjə/noun
- a member of the second of the four great Hindu castes, the military caste. The traditional function of the Kshatriyas is to protect society by fighting in wartime and governing in peacetime.刹帝利(印度四大种姓的第二等级, 即武士种姓; 其传统职责为在战时从戎、平时治国以保护人民)。
词源
late 18th cent.: from Sanskrit kṣatriya, from kṣhatra 'rule, authority'.