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nasi¹

  • /ˈnɑː.si/ UK

Rhymes with -ɑːsi

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Malay nasi.

noun

  1. uncountable Cooked rice.

nasi²

  • /nəˈsiː/

Rhymes with -iː

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Arabic نَسِيء (nasīʔ, literally “postponement”).

noun nasi'

  1. uncountable The intercalation of a month in the calendar of pre-Islamic Arabia, often considered heretical.

nasi³

  • /ˈneɪˌsaɪ/ US

Where it comes from

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

noun

  1. plural plural of nasus

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Chicago

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@misc{nasi_2026,
  title = {nasi},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/nasi},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}