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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PACHISI

From Hindi pacīsī, from pacīs twenty-five (the highest score possible in one throw).
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PRONUNCIATION OF PACHISI

pachisi  [pəˈtʃiːzɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PACHISI

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adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Pachisi is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PACHISI MEAN IN ENGLISH?

pachisi

Pachisi

Pachisi is a cross and circle board game that originated in ancient India which has been described as the "national game of India". It is played on a board shaped like a symmetrical cross. A player's pieces move around the board based upon a throw of six or seven cowrie shells, with the number of shells resting with aperture upwards indicating the number of spaces to move. The name of the game derives from the Hindi word pachis, meaning twenty-five, the largest score that can be thrown with the cowrie shells. Thus the game is also known by the name Twenty-Five. There are other versions of this game where the largest score that can be thrown is thirty. There are other well known versions of the game, chausar, chaupar, chaupur or caupur. The word caupur derives from the Sanskrit catus pada meaning he who has four legs. Parcheesi, Sorry! and Ludo are among the many Westernized commercial versions of the game.

Definition of pachisi in the English dictionary

The definition of pachisi in the dictionary is an Indian game somewhat resembling backgammon, played on a cruciform board using six cowries as dice.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PACHISI


breezy
ˈbriːzɪ
cheesy
ˈtʃiːzɪ
easy
ˈiːzɪ
easy-peasy
ˌiːzɪˈpiːzɪ
greasy
ˈɡriːzɪ
heezie
ˈhiːzɪ
overeasy
ˌəʊvərˈiːzɪ
Parcheesi
pɑːˈtʃiːzɪ
queasy
ˈkwiːzɪ
Schepisi
ʃəˈpiːzɪ
sleazy
ˈsliːzɪ
sleezy
ˈsliːzɪ
sneezy
ˈsniːzɪ
speakeasy
ˈspiːkˌiːzɪ
squeezy
ˈskwiːzɪ
uneasy
ʌnˈiːzɪ
wheezy
ˈwiːzɪ
Zambese
zæmˈbiːzɪ
Zambezi
zæmˈbiːzɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PACHISI

pacha
pachak
pachalic
Pachelbel
pachinko
Pachomius
pachouli
Pachuca
Pachuco
pachycarpous
pachydactyl
pachydactylous
pachyderm
pachydermal
pachydermatous
pachydermia
pachydermic
pachydermous
pachymeningitis
pachymeter

WORDS THAT END LIKE PACHISI

Assisi
bassi
Brindisi
Clare of Assisi
dalasi
decree nisi
desi
Farsi
Francis of Assisi
Hsi
Kutaisi
nisi
Ossi
psi
quasi
sensi
si
Sulawesi
Tbilisi
Varanasi

Synonyms and antonyms of pachisi in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «pachisi» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PACHISI

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The translations of pachisi from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «pachisi» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

parchís
570 millions of speakers

English

pachisi
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

पचीसी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

ناتشيسى
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Pachisi
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

pachisi
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

pachisi
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

pachisi
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pachisi
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Mensch ärgere dich nicht
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

すごろく
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

파치
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Pachisi
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Pachisi
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

pachisi
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पाचीसी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Pachisi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Pachisi
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Chińczyk
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Pachisi
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Pachisi
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Pachisi
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Pachisi
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Fia
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Pachisi
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of pachisi

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PACHISI»

The term «pachisi» is regularly used and occupies the 100.380 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PACHISI» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about pachisi

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PACHISI»

Discover the use of pachisi in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to pachisi and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Baital Pachisi - 25 Ghost Stories
The Baital Pacheesi These immortal tales of chivalry and skullduggery, wisdom and foolishness, honesty and deceit, are about Baital, a mythical wraith like figure, accredited with supernatural powers, and King Vikramaditya whose wisdom is ...
Captain W Hollings, 2003
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Baital Pachisi
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Baital Pachisi or Vetala Panchavimshati (Sanskrit:, IAST: vet lapancavi ati, "Twenty five tales of Baital"), is a collection of tales and legends within a frame story, from India.
Jesse Russell, Ronald Cohn, 2012
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The Baital Pachisi: Or Twenty-Five Tales of A Demon (1855)
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series.
William Burckhardt Barker, Edward Backhouse Eastwick, 2010
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Theories of Coalition Formation
cal theories of coalition formation. Following Pachisi will be the political convention paradigm, which in its various incarnations is more frequently employed by social psychologists than any other. The third theme, which is of most interest to us, ...
James P. Kahan, Amnon Rapoport, 2014
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India and Indology: Selected Articles
All the other elements of chaupar and pachisi are over 400 years old, going back to a period of 2500-2000 B.C., but the board, or cloth, does not seem to exist in any earlier specimen than those set in palace courtyaids by the emperor Akbar in  ...
William Norman Brown, Rosane Rocher, 1978
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Let's Know Handicrafts of India
Pachisi means 25 in Hindi language. It is a traditional Indian game played by four people. Its origin can be traced to the 4th century AD. It was a royal game played by the royal families and the common men in free time. The Mughal emperor ...
Amar Tyagi, 2008
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Los Libros de Acedrex Dados E Tablas: Historical, Artistic ...
In the Indian game of pachisi, the central home and final goal of pachisi is the char koni, meaning “throne” (Pennick 206) or “all square.”55 Pachisi's throne can be seen as the inner sanctum of a 3x3 mandala-shaped temple, surrounded by its ...
Sonja Musser Golladay, 2007
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ENOCHIAN CHESS Book One : Foundations
PACHISI, the Game of 'T wenty-five' from ancient India, consists of a cloth or board, sixteen wooden or ivory pieces, and seven cowries. The board consists of four arms or rectangles with their narrow sides placed so as to form a square in the ...
9
Articles on Indian Games, Including: Pachisi, Parcheesi, ...
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online.
Hephaestus Books, 2011
10
Laughing Matters: Comic Tradition in India
A Game of Pachisi: The Royal Trickster Be the first player to move all four of your playing pieces Home and you win! It will take some skill, it will take some luck! . . . Players of all ages can have fun playing Pachisi, the Classic Game of Ancient ...
Lee Siegel, 1989

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PACHISI»

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[Fantasia '15 Review] 'Ludo': Indian Bloodbath Lacks Cohesion
The title comes from the board game of the same name, which originated in India as “Pachisi” (aka Parcheesi). The game is one of the few ... «Bloody Disgusting, Jul 15»
2
Board Of Life
He has also crafted his own multi-game board — a cloth-based board where you can play 'Pachisi', 'Chaupar' and other ancient Indian games. «Times of India, Jul 15»
3
Reinventing Traditional Board Games on Fabrics
Pachisi, her one-year-old brand, specialises in making board games on fabrics. “I have done around 15 board games on khadi using ... «The New Indian Express, Jul 15»
4
Evolution of gaming industry in India
... been rich in its gaming culture, which dates back to the ancient pages of mythology where Lord Shiva and his consort Parvati played Pachisi, ... «TechOne3, Jun 15»
5
Tabletop Simulator Review: Facilitating fun
... Chess, Chinese Checkers, Dice, Dominoes, Go, Mahjong, Pachisi, Poker, Reversi, and Solitaire. The more open-ended, introductory oppfers ... «TechnologyTell, Jun 15»
6
The child within
Rainy afternoons were spent playing Caroms or 'Pachisi'. It is indeed a pity that most of these games have long since faded into near or total ... «The Nation, May 15»
7
Throwback Thursday: 20 TV serials of 1980s you'll never get tired of
This Arun Govil and Sajjan-starrer television series was based a work called Betaal Pachisi by Mahakavi Somdutt Bhatt, a collection of stories ... «Hindustan Times, May 15»
8
Art Space turns Jiu Jutsu Ground
... diving, another one displaying safety pin jewellery by Neeladayakshi and others like Ashvita, Unemployed Brains, Pachisi and Kraft Cult. «The New Indian Express, May 15»
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World Book Day: Revisit your childhood with these children's classics
Originally published in Sanskrit as Baital Pachisi, this is a collection of 24 folk tales and legends. Vikram Betal stories have also been adapted ... «Hindustan Times, Apr 15»
10
Meet the people's prince
He played traditional games like chopat and pachisi with them. He triggered a social revolution under his leadership. Panchayati Raj came ... «Chandigarh Tribune, Mar 15»

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