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alacha

alacha noun: a kind of cotton cloth from India.

Noun

alacha (countable and uncountable, plural alachas)

  1. (obsolete) A kind of cotton cloth from India.

Forms of alacha

pluralalachas
alternative formelatch

Origin of alacha

Ultimately of Turkic origin: compare Ottoman Turkish آلاجه (alaca), Azerbaijani alaca (“multi-colored”). Also from Turkic: Persian الاچه (alâča), Russian алача́ (alačá), аладжа́ (aladžá).

Questions about alacha

What does alacha mean?
Alacha means a kind of cotton cloth from India.
What part of speech is alacha?
Alacha is a noun.
What is the plural of alacha?
The plural of alacha is alachas.

Words near alacha in the dictionary

  1. alablaster
  2. ALAC
  3. Alacalufan
  4. Alacaygan
  5. alacepril
  6. alacha
  7. alachah
  8. alachahs
  9. alachas
  10. alachlor
  11. Alachua

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