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elaichi

  • /ɪ.lɑːj.t͡ʃiː/ Bangladesh, India, Nepal
  • [ɪ.läːj.t͡ʃiː] Bangladesh, India, Nepal
  • /ɪ.lɑː.ɪ.t͡ʃiː/ Bangladesh, India, Nepal
  • [ɪ.läː.ɪ.t͡ʃiː] Bangladesh, India, Nepal

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Borrowed from Hindustani (Hindi इलायची (ilāycī) / Urdu اِلائِچی (ilāicī)), from Middle Hindi, from Old Hindi, from Sauraseni Prakrit, from Prakrit, ultimately from Proto-South Dravidian *ēlVkkāy. Related to Sanskrit एलीका (elīkā), Classical Persian هیل (hēl).

noun elaichis · elachi · ilaichi

  1. Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, South Asia, countable cardamom

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@misc{elaichi_2026,
  title = {elaichi},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/elaichi},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}