Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

qui-hi

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.31 in modern English

Syllables: qui-hi
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

intj

An Anglo-Indian call for a servant.

Indian usage

noun

An Anglo-Indian in Bengal.

Indian usage; Colloquial

noun

Alternative form of qui-hi.

noun

Alternative form of qui-hi.

Example Sentences

"That he had seen service in India was, indeed, probable by his referring to lunch as tiffin, and calling to his parlourmaid with the ejaculation of “Qui-hi.”"
"[…] would find themselves at Galle regarded as interlopers by the Bengal "qui-his," as they are called, or high and mighty Anglo-Indians."
"The slang distinctive name for gentlemen belonging to the Bombay service; the correlative of the Mulls of Madras and the Qui-His of Bengal."

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi कोई है (koī hai, “is anyone there?”).

Origin

Source language: Hindi

Usage

Inflected Forms

qui-his (plural) Qui-hye (alternative)

Questions

What does qui-hi mean?: An Anglo-Indian call for a servant.
Where does qui-hi come from?: It is traced to Hindi.

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