nautch
/nɑːtʃ/UK/nɔːtʃ/
nautch noun: a dance in the Indian subcontinent, performed by professional dancing girls.
Noun
nautch (plural nautches)
- A dance in the Indian subcontinent, performed by professional dancing girls.
- ‘We will punish no one, no one,’ he repeated, ‘and in the evening we will give a great banquet with a nautch, and lovely girls shall shine on every side of the tank […].’1924, EM Forster, A Passage to India, Penguin, published 2005, page 65
nautch meaning in Bengali and Telugu
nautch in Telugu
- a nautch, the ceremony of dancing at a wedding
- కచేరి kacēri
Forms of nautch
| plural | nautches |
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Origin of nautch
Borrowed from Hindustani (Hindi नाच (nāc) / Urdu ناچ (nāc)), in turn derived from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀡𑀘𑁆𑀘 (ṇacca), ultimately derived from Sanskrit नृत्य (nṛtya), which was originally नृत्त (nṛttá) (also see नृत्यति (nṛtyati, “to dance”)).
Words formed from nautch
Phrases with nautch
Questions about nautch
- What does nautch mean?
- Nautch means a dance in the Indian subcontinent, performed by professional dancing girls.
- What is nautch in Bengali?
- Nautch in Bengali is নাচ. See Nautch meaning in Bengali.
- What part of speech is nautch?
- Nautch is a noun.
- How do you pronounce nautch?
- Nautch is pronounced /nɔːtʃ/ (UK).
- What is the plural of nautch?
- The plural of nautch is nautches.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: nautch (page history and authors); nautch (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); కచేరి (Telugu) (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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