lathi
UK/lʌˈtiː/
lathi noun: a heavy stick or club, usually used by policemen.
Noun
lathi (countable and uncountable, plural lathis)
- 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.1973, JG Farrell, The Siege of Krishnapur
- A phalanx of policemen armed with lathis faced a mob of mill workers squatting on the road.2004, Khushwant Singh, Burial at Sea, Penguin, published 2014, page 131
- A martial art based on stick fighting originally practiced in India.
- Lathi shares its basic principles with other martial arts.
lathi meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Nepali
lathi in Tamil
- குண்டாந்தடி, குறுந்தடி
lathi in Urdu
- lathi
- لاٹھی lāṭhī
lathi in Bengali
- lathi
- লাঠি laṭhi
lathi in Nepali
- lathi, a heavy stick
- लाठी lāṭhī
Forms of lathi
| plural | lathis |
|---|---|
| alternative form | lattee |
| alternative form | latti |
Origin of lathi
Borrowed from Hindi लाठी (lāṭhī).
Words formed from lathi
Phrases with lathi
Questions about lathi
- What does lathi mean?
- Lathi means a heavy stick or club, usually used by policemen.
- What is lathi in Tamil?
- Lathi in Tamil is குண்டாந்தடி, குறுந்தடி. See Lathi meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is lathi?
- Lathi is a noun.
- How do you pronounce lathi?
- Lathi is pronounced /lʌˈtiː/ (UK).
- What is the plural of lathi?
- The plural of lathi is lathis.
Words near lathi in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: lathi (page history and authors); lathi (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); لاٹھی (Urdu) (page history and authors); লাঠি (Bengali) (page history and authors); लाठी (Nepali) (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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