caste

باللغة العربية: طَبَقَة، طَبَقِيَّة

1. Any of the hereditary social classes and subclasses of South Asian societies or similar found historically in other cultures.
2. A separate and fixed order or class of persons in society who chiefly associate with each other.
3. The division of society into castes; the caste system. (uncountable)
4. A class of polymorphous eusocial insects of a particular size and function within a colony. · In beehives, most bees belong to the worker caste.

الجمع castes