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alacha

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
alacha
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A kind of cotton cloth from India.

Countable; Obsolete; Uncountable

Etymology

Ultimately of Turkic origin: compare Ottoman Turkish آلاجه (alaca), Azerbaijani alaca (“multi-colored”). Also from Turkic: Persian الاچه (alâča), Russian алача́ (alačá), аладжа́ (aladžá).

Usage

Inflected Forms

alachas (plural) elatch (alternative)

Questions

What does alacha mean?
A kind of cotton cloth from India.
Where does alacha come from?
Ultimately of Turkic origin: compare Ottoman Turkish آلاجه (alaca), Azerbaijani alaca (“multi-colored”). Also from Turkic: Persian الاچه (alâča), Russian алача́ (alačá), аладжа́ (aladžá).

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