Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

elchi

/ˈɛltʃi/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: elchi
IPA: /ˈɛltʃi/

10

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An envoy, a messenger or an ambassador in Turkic and Persianate contexts, notably the Ottoman Empire and Qajar Iran.

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Turkic *ēlči, from *ēl (“realm, country”) + *-či (profession suffix), via Ottoman Turkish ایلچی (elçi) or Azerbaijani ایلچی (elçi), or via Hindustani एलची (elcī) / ایلْچی (elcī) through Classical Persian ایلْچِی (ēlčī).

Word Breakdown

Root: *ēlči, ایلچی, elçi, ایلْچِی

Inflected Forms

elchis (plural) eltchi (alternative) elchee (alternative) elchie (alternative)

Questions

How do you pronounce elchi?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɛltʃi/.
What does elchi mean?: An envoy, a messenger or an ambassador in Turkic and Persianate contexts, notably the Ottoman Empire and Qajar Iran.
Where does elchi come from?: Ultimately from Proto-Turkic *ēlči, from *ēl (“realm, country”) + *-či (profession suffix), via Ottoman Turkish ایلچی (elçi) or Azerbaijani ایلچی (elçi), or via Hindustani एलची (elcī) / ایلْچی (elcī) through Classical Persian ایلْچِی (ēlčī).

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