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modi¹

noun

  1. plural plural of modus

Modi²

  • /ˈmoʊdi/ US
  • /ˈməʊdi/ UK

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Marathi मोडी (moḍī), from Old Marathi 𑘦𑘻𑘚𑘲 (moḍī, “form, shape”), probably from 𑘦𑘻𑘚𑘜𑘹 (moḍaṇe, “to break”), referring to the modifications to the Nagari characters from which the script is thought to be derived.

proper noun

  1. An abugida script used for writing the Marathi, Varhadi and Sanskrit languages whose usage has dwindled since the late twentieth century.

Modi³

  • /ˈmoʊdi/ US
  • /ˈməʊdi/ UK

Where it comes from

Transliteration of Gujarati મોદી (modī).

proper noun Modis

  1. A surname from Gujarati. India is opening up the designs of its first indigenously developed drones to domestic private companies, seeking to spur further technological advances and encourage manufacturing as Prime Minister Narendra Modi modernizes the military.
  2. Narendra Modi, 14th Prime Minister of India.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: operand, mody, moody, moodie, mahajani, marathi, brahmi, nagari, devanagari, indic script, maharashtri, takri, maratha, dogra, nagree, tirhuta

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name abugida alphabet of India

हिन्दीमोड़ी moṛī

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Chicago

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@misc{modi_2026,
  title = {modi},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/modi},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}