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pishachi

pishachi noun: a female demon.

Noun

pishachi (plural pishachis)

  1. (South-Asia, archaic) A female demon.
    • They believe, that such men as die accidental deaths become Pysáchi, or evil spirits, and are exceedingly troublesome, by making extraordinary noises in families, and occasioning fits, and other diseases, especially in women.1807, Francis Buchanan-Hamilton, A Journey from Madras, III.14
    • She used to go out and howl so that the servants were afraid to come near her, saying she made ‘one pishashi (devil) noise’.1837, Julia Maitland, Letters from Madras, published 1843

Forms of pishachi

pluralpishachis
alternative formpishache
alternative formpishashi

Origin of pishachi

From Sanskrit.

Questions about pishachi

What does pishachi mean?
Pishachi means a female demon.
What part of speech is pishachi?
Pishachi is a noun.
What is the plural of pishachi?
The plural of pishachi is pishachis.

Words near pishachi in the dictionary

  1. pish-tush
  2. pishacha
  3. pishachas
  4. pishache
  5. pishaches
  6. pishachi
  7. pishachis
  8. pishamin
  9. Pishan
  10. pishashi
  11. pishashis

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