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diarchy

/ˈdaɪ.ɑɹ.ki/

diarchy noun: rule by two people.

Noun

diarchy (countable and uncountable, plural diarchies)

  1. Rule by two people.
    • Djokovic finally cracked the Federer-Nadal diarchy in 2010.
  2. A state under the rule of two people; the form of government of such state.
    • Swaziland is an absolute diarchy, ruled jointly by a king and a queen mother.

diarchy meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Kannada and Malay

diarchy in Hindi

form of government
डायार्की ḍāyārkī

diarchy in Tamil

rule by two people
இரட்டையாட்சி iraṭṭaiyāṭci
form of government
இரட்டையாட்சி iraṭṭaiyāṭci

diarchy in Kannada

ದ್ವಿಪ್ರಭುತ್ವ

diarchy in Malay

form of government
diarki
More languagesFewer languages
diarchy in Vietnamese
lưỡng đầu chế

Synonyms of diarchy

Forms of diarchy

pluraldiarchies
alternative formdinarchy
alternative formdyarchy

Origin of diarchy

From di- + -archy. Modelled after monarchy.

Words formed from diarchy

Questions about diarchy

What does diarchy mean?
Diarchy means rule by two people.
What is diarchy in Hindi?
Diarchy in Hindi is डायार्की (ḍāyārkī). See Diarchy meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is diarchy?
Diarchy is a noun.
How do you pronounce diarchy?
Diarchy is pronounced /ˈdaɪ.ɑɹ.ki/.
What is the plural of diarchy?
The plural of diarchy is diarchies.

Words near diarchy in the dictionary

  1. diarchal
  2. diarchic
  3. diarchical
  4. diarchies
  5. diarchs
  6. diarchy
  7. diarea
  8. diareses
  9. diaresis
  10. diarginate
  11. diarginine

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: diarchy (page history and authors); diarchy (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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