Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

nakhi

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: nakhi
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An ethnic group centered in the foothills of the Himalayas in the northwestern part of Yunnan Province, as well as the southwestern part of Sichuan Province in China.

Example Sentences

"I wanted to know if the Nakhi folktales were different, given that they originated in a matriarchal society. Mu Ji Xin. a Nakhi friend, helped me find a collection of tales that had been translated from Nakhi to Chinese."

Inflected Forms

Na-Khi (alternative) Nashi (alternative)

Questions

What does nakhi mean?: An ethnic group centered in the foothills of the Himalayas in the northwestern part of Yunnan Province, as well as the southwestern part of Sichuan Province in China.

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