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pachisi

pachisi noun: an ancient Indian board game in which players, throwing dice, shells, etc. to determine the distance of each move, attempt to be the first to take all of their counters around the board.

Noun

pachisi (uncountable)

  1. An ancient Indian board game in which players, throwing dice, shells, etc. to determine the distance of each move, attempt to be the first to take all of their counters around the board.

pachisi meaning in Hindi

pachisi in Hindi

pachisi, a traditional cross and circle board game of India
पचीसी pacīsī

Forms of pachisi

alternative formparchesi

Origin of pachisi

Borrowed from Hindi पचीसी (pacīsī, “twenty-five”), referring to the largest score that can be thrown with the cowrie shells. First attested in the 19th century.

Questions about pachisi

What does pachisi mean?
Pachisi means an ancient Indian board game in which players, throwing dice, shells, etc. to determine the distance of each move, attempt to be the first to take all of their counters around the board.
What is pachisi in Hindi?
Pachisi in Hindi is पचीसी (pacīsī). See Pachisi meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is pachisi?
Pachisi is a noun.

Words near pachisi in the dictionary

  1. pachinko
  2. pachinko allocation
  3. pachinkoed
  4. pachinkoing
  5. pachinkos
  6. pachisi
  7. pachislo
  8. pachislot
  9. Pachner
  10. Pachner move
  11. Pachner moves

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pachisi (page history and authors); पचीसी (Hindi) (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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