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hathi

hathi noun: an elephant.

Noun

hathi (plural hathis)

  1. (India, obsolete, rare) An elephant.
    • We useter watch the steamers an' the hathis pilin' teak. Elephints a-pilin' teak1890, Rudyard Kipling, Mandalay
    • the Hathi is a wily animal , and will face fire and steel rather than what he suspects to be a trap1922, Earl Louis Mountbatten Mountbatten of Burma, The Diaries of Lord Louis Mountbatten 1920-1922

Forms of hathi

pluralhathis
alternative formhatty

Origin of hathi

Borrowed from Hindi हाथी (hāthī).

Questions about hathi

What does hathi mean?
Hathi means an elephant.
What part of speech is hathi?
Hathi is a noun.
What is the plural of hathi?
The plural of hathi is hathis.

Words near hathi in the dictionary

  1. Hathersage
  2. Hatherton
  3. Hathertons
  4. Hatheway
  5. Hatheways
  6. hathi
  7. Hathifushi
  8. hathis
  9. Hathor
  10. Hathor column
  11. Hathor columns

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