lathi
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 8
- Words With Friends
- 8
- Letters
- 5
/lʌˈtiː/(UK)
Definition of lathi
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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(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
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(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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(uncountable)A martial art based on stick fighting originally practiced in India.
“Lathi shares its basic principles with other martial arts.”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
Borrowed from Hindi लाठी (lāṭhī).
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