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chandrayaan

/ˈtʃʌn.drə.jɑn/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.74 in modern English

Syllables
Chan-dra-yaan
IPA
/ˈtʃʌn.drə.jɑn/
20
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An Indian space program, and the vehicles it created, used for probes to travel to the moon.

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi चंद्रयान (candrayān, “moon vehicle”).

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˈtʃʌn.drə.jɑn/
  • British English: /ˈtʃʌn.drə.jɑːn/

Inflected Forms

Chandrayaans (plural)

Rhymes With

élan wagwan jing'an jingshan xiang'an xian'an lihyan

Questions

How do you pronounce chandrayaan?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈtʃʌn.drə.jɑn/.
What does chandrayaan mean?
An Indian space program, and the vehicles it created, used for probes to travel to the moon.
Where does chandrayaan come from?
Borrowed from Hindi चंद्रयान (candrayān, “moon vehicle”).

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