Word: castes
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: ca
stes
Definition: Plural of caste; a hereditary social class among Hindus; stratified according to ritual purity
Morphemes:
Affix: caste
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: Any of the hereditary social classes and subclasses of South Asian societies.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: castus
Language: la
Decoded: castus
PoS: Adjective
Meaning: religious, pious
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form many pluralia tantum (nouns that are almost or entirely without singular forms).