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elchi

  • /ˈɛltʃi/

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Ultimately from Proto-Turkic *ēlči, from *ēl (“realm, country”) + *-či (profession suffix), via Ottoman Turkish ایلچی (elçi) or Azerbaijani ایلچی (elçi), or via Hindustani एलची (elcī) / ایلْچی (elcī) through Classical Persian ایلْچِی (ēlčī).

noun elchis · eltchi · elchee · elchie

  1. An envoy, a messenger or an ambassador in Turkic and Persianate contexts, notably the Ottoman Empire and Qajar Iran.

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noun an envoy, a messenger or an ambassador in Turkic and Persianate contexts, notably the Ottoman Empire and Qajar Iran

हिन्दीएलची elcī
Françaiseltchi
DeutschEltschi

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"elchi." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/elchi. Accessed 7 Nov. 2026.

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elchi. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 7, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/elchi

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"elchi." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 7, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/elchi.

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@misc{elchi_2026,
  title = {elchi},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/elchi},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}