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solar topee

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
so-lar -topee
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A pith helmet.

Etymology

From Hindi सोला टोपी (solā ṭopī), from Hindi सोला (solā, “the plant Aeschynomene aspera, used to make pith helmets”) + Hindi टोपी (ṭopī, “hat”). The spelling solar is a Hobson-Jobsonism from English solar (“relating to the sun”), as the hat provided shade from the sun.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: सोला टोपी, सोला, टोपी

Inflected Forms

solar topees (plural)

Questions

What does solar topee mean?
A pith helmet.
Where does solar topee come from?
It is traced to Hindi.

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