Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

modi

/ˈmoʊdi/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.80 in modern English

Syllables: mo-di
IPA: /ˈmoʊdi/

7

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

plural of modus

name

An abugida script used for writing the Marathi, Varhadi and Sanskrit languages whose usage has dwindled since the late twentieth century.

name

A surname from Gujarati.

name

A surname from Gujarati.

Example Sentences

"India is opening up the designs of its first indigenously developed drones to domestic private companies, seeking to spur further technological advances and encourage manufacturing as Prime Minister Narendra Modi modernizes the military."

Etymology

Etymology tree Old Marathi 𑘦𑘻𑘚𑘲 (moḍī) Marathi मोडी (moḍī)bor. English Modi Borrowed from Marathi मोडी (moḍī), from Old Marathi 𑘦𑘻𑘚𑘲 (moḍī, “form, shape”), probably from 𑘦𑘻𑘚𑘜𑘹 (moḍaṇe, “to break”), referring to the modifications to the Nagari characters from which the script is thought to be derived.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈmoʊdi/
British English: /ˈməʊdi/

Inflected Forms

Modis (plural)

Derived Forms

Modified

Rhymes With

cody brody jody jodie jodi bodie roadie coady bodi mody rodi parodi

Questions

How do you pronounce modi?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈmoʊdi/.
What does modi mean?: plural of modus
Where does modi come from?: Etymology tree Old Marathi 𑘦𑘻𑘚𑘲 (moḍī) Marathi मोडी (moḍī)bor. English Modi Borrowed from Marathi मोडी (moḍī), from Old Marathi 𑘦𑘻𑘚𑘲 (moḍī, “form, shape”), probably from 𑘦𑘻𑘚𑘜𑘹 (moḍaṇe, “to break”), referring to the modifications to the Nagari characters from which the script is thought to be derived.

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