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nankhatai

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
nankhatai
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Shortbread biscuit popular in the Indian subcontinent.

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindustani नानख़टाई (nānxaṭāī)/نان خَطائی (nān xatāī), from Classical Persian نَانِ خَطَائِی (nān-i xatā'ī, “Cathayan bread, bread of Cathay”).

Word Breakdown

  • Root: نَانِ خَطَائِی

Inflected Forms

nankhatais (plural) nuncatie (alternative, archaic)

Questions

What does nankhatai mean?
Shortbread biscuit popular in the Indian subcontinent.
Where does nankhatai come from?
Borrowed from Hindustani नानख़टाई (nānxaṭāī)/نان خَطائی (nān xatāī), from Classical Persian نَانِ خَطَائِی (nān-i xatā'ī, “Cathayan bread, bread of Cathay”).

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