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panauti

/pəˈnɔːti/

panauti noun: a person believed to bring bad luck or misfortune, especially through association or timing.

Noun

panauti (plural panautis)

  1. (India, humorous, informal) A person believed to bring bad luck or misfortune, especially through association or timing.
    • Don't let him touch the bat, he's a total panauti — we always lose when he's around.

Forms of panauti

pluralpanautis

Origin of panauti

Borrowed from Hindi पनौती (panautī, “misfortune, bringer of bad luck”).

Words that rhyme with panauti

Questions about panauti

What does panauti mean?
Panauti means a person believed to bring bad luck or misfortune, especially through association or timing.
What part of speech is panauti?
Panauti is a noun.
How do you pronounce panauti?
Panauti is pronounced /pəˈnɔːti/.
What is the plural of panauti?
The plural of panauti is panautis.

Words near panauti in the dictionary

  1. Panathenaeic
  2. Panathenaia
  3. Panathenaic
  4. panatrophic
  5. panatrophy
  6. panauti
  7. panautonomic
  8. panax
  9. panaxadiol
  10. panaxatriol
  11. panaxes

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