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elchi

/ˈɛltʃi/

elchi noun: an envoy, a messenger or an ambassador in Turkic and Persianate contexts, notably the Ottoman Empire and Qajar Iran.

Noun

elchi (plural elchis)

  1. An envoy, a messenger or an ambassador in Turkic and Persianate contexts, notably the Ottoman Empire and Qajar Iran.

elchi meaning in Hindi, Urdu and Gujarati

elchi in Hindi

an envoy, a messenger or an ambassador in Turkic and Persianate contexts, notably the Ottoman Empire and Qajar Iran
एलची elcī

elchi in Urdu

an envoy, a messenger or an ambassador in Turkic and Persianate contexts, notably the Ottoman Empire and Qajar Iran
ایلْچی elcī

elchi in Gujarati

elchi
એલચી elcī

Forms of elchi

pluralelchis
alternative formeltchi
alternative formelchee
alternative formelchie

Origin of elchi

Ultimately from Proto-Turkic *ēlči, from *ēl (“realm, country”) + *-či (profession suffix), via Ottoman Turkish ایلچی (elçi) or Azerbaijani ایلچی (elçi), or via Hindustani एलची (elcī) / ایلْچی (elcī) through Classical Persian ایلْچِی (ēlčī).

Questions about elchi

What does elchi mean?
Elchi means an envoy, a messenger or an ambassador in Turkic and Persianate contexts, notably the Ottoman Empire and Qajar Iran.
What is elchi in Hindi?
Elchi in Hindi is एलची (elcī). See Elchi meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is elchi?
Elchi is a noun.
How do you pronounce elchi?
Elchi is pronounced /ˈɛltʃi/.
What is the plural of elchi?
The plural of elchi is elchis.

Words near elchi in the dictionary

  1. Elchasaite
  2. Elchasaites
  3. Elche
  4. elchee
  5. elchees
  6. elchi
  7. Elchibey
  8. elchie
  9. elchies
  10. elchis
  11. ELCIC

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: elchi (page history and authors); એલચી (Gujarati) (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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