lathi

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
8
Words With Friends
8
Letters
5
Pronunciation
/lʌˈtiː/(UK)

Definition of lathi

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (India, countable)A heavy stick or club, usually used by policemen.
    “The iron-bound bamboo staves, known as lâtees, with which most disputes among rival zemindars were traditionally settled.”
    “A phalanx of policemen armed with lathis faced a mob of mill workers squatting on the road.”
    “Nearby, held back by a line of lathi-carrying peons, stood the farmers whose vessels were being weighed […].”
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noun

  1. (India, countable)A heavy stick or club, usually used by policemen.
    “The iron-bound bamboo staves, known as lâtees, with which most disputes among rival zemindars were traditionally settled.”
    “A phalanx of policemen armed with lathis faced a mob of mill workers squatting on the road.”
    “Nearby, held back by a line of lathi-carrying peons, stood the farmers whose vessels were being weighed […].”
  2. (uncountable)A martial art based on stick fighting originally practiced in India.
    “Lathi shares its basic principles with other martial arts.”

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Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi लाठी (lāṭhī).

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