Speakur

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shikakai

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
shikakai
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Synonym of soap acacia.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From Hindi शिकाकाई (śikākāī), from Tamil சிகைக்காய் (cikaikkāy, from சிகை (cikai, “hair”) + காய் (kāy, “fruit”)).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: शिकाकाई, சிகைக்காய்

Usage

Inflected Forms

shikakais (plural)

Synonyms

soap acacia

Questions

What does shikakai mean?
Synonym of soap acacia.
Where does shikakai come from?
It is traced to Hindi.

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