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1. i. kast. sinif, kast. kast. kast. i. kast. kast. kast, sosyal sınıf, sosyal sınıflaşma sistem ve ilkeleri.
2. sosyal sınıf, kast, sosyal sınıflaşma sistem ve ilkeleri.
3. sınıf. kast.
4. kast.
5. kast.
6. sinif. kast.

Etymology : Portuguese casta, literally, race, lineage, from feminine of casto pure, chaste, from Latin castus
Pronunciation : 'kast also 'käst
Function : noun
Date : 1613

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1. one of the four classes into which Hindu society is separated; class, station, social position; status. caste\caste\ , n. [pg. casta race, lineage, fr. l. castus pure, chaste: cf. f. caste, of same origin.].
2. one of the hereditary classes into which the hindoos are divided according to the laws of brahmanism.note: the members of the same caste are theoretically of equal rank, and same profession or occupation, and may not eat or intermarry with those not of their own caste. the original are four, viz., the brahmans, or sacerdotal order; the kshatriyas, or soldiers and rulers; the vaisyas, or husbandmen and merchants; and the sudras, or laborers and mechanics. men of no caste are pariahs, outcasts. numerous mixed classes, or castes, have sprung up in the progress of time.
3. a separate and fixed order or class of persons in society who chiefly hold intercourse among themselves. the tinkers then formed an hereditary caste.
4. One of the hereditary classes into which the Hindoos are divided according to the laws of Brahmanism.
5. A separate and fixed order or class of persons in society who chiefly hold intercourse among themselves. a social class separated from others by distinctions of hereditary rank or profession or wealth a hereditary social class among Hindus; stratified according to ritual purity social status or position conferred by a system based on class; "lose caste by doing work beneath one's station".
6. 1. A caste is one of the traditional social classes into which people are divided in a Hindu society. Most of the upper castes worship the Goddess Kali.
7. Caste is the system of dividing people in a society into different social classes. The caste system shapes nearly every facet of Indian life. Any of the ranked, hereditary, endogamous (see: exogamy and endogamy) occupational groups that constitute traditional societies in certain regions of the world, particularly among Hindus in India. There caste is rooted in antiquity and specifies the rules and restrictions governing social intercourse and activity. Each caste has its own customs that restrict the occupations and dietary habits of its members and their social contact with other castes. There are about 3,000 castes, or jatis (broadly, "form of existence fixed by birth"), and more than 25,000 subcastes in India. They are traditionally grouped into four major classes, or varnas ("colours"). At the top are the Brahmans, followed by the Kshatriyas, Vaishyas, and Shudras. Those with the most defiling jobs (such as those who dispose of body emissions and dead animals) are ranked beneath the Shudras. Considered untouchable, they were simply dubbed as "the fifth" (panchama) category. Although a great many spheres of life in modern India are little influenced by caste, most marriages are nevertheless arranged within the caste. This is in part because most people live in rural communities and because the arrangement of marriages is a family activity carried out through existing networks of kinship and caste. In biology, a subset of individuals within a colony of social animals (chiefly ants, bees, termites, and wasps) that has a specialized function and is distinguished from other subsets by morphological and anatomical differences. Typical insect castes are the queen (the female responsible for reproduction), workers (the usually sterile female caretakers of the queen, eggs, and larvae), soldiers (defenders of the colony; also sterile females), and sometimes drones (short-lived males). The differentiation of larvae into various castes is often determined by diet, though hormonal and environmental factors can also play a role.