Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

machan

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.86 in modern English

Syllables
machan
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A kind of safety platform in a tree, used when hunting large animals or to escape a flood; found most commonly in Indian jungles.

name

A surname from Czech.

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi मचान (macān, “platform”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

machans (plural) machhan (alternative) muchan (alternative)

Questions

What does machan mean?
A kind of safety platform in a tree, used when hunting large animals or to escape a flood; found most commonly in Indian jungles.
Where does machan come from?
It is traced to Czech.

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