rickshaw
/ˈɹɪkˌʃɔː/
rickshaw noun: a two-wheeled carriage pulled along by a person.
Noun
rickshaw (plural rickshaws)
- A two-wheeled carriage pulled along by a person.
Verb
rickshaw (third-person singular simple present rickshaws, present participle rickshawing, simple past and past participle rickshawed)
- To move someone by means of a rickshaw.
rickshaw meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
rickshaw in Hindi
- two-wheeled carriage
- रिक्शा rikśā, रिक्षा rikṣā
rickshaw in Tamil
- இழுவண்டி
rickshaw in Marathi
- two-wheeled carriage
- रिक्शा rikśā
rickshaw in Urdu
- two-wheeled carriage
- رِکْشَہ rikśa
More languagesFewer languages
- rickshaw in Bengali
- রিকশা rikśa, রিক্সা rikśa
- rickshaw in Malayalam
- റിക്ഷ ṟikṣa
- rickshaw in Punjabi
- ਰਿਕਸ਼ਾ rikśā
- rickshaw in Gujarati
- રિક્ષા rikṣā
- rickshaw in Sinhala
- රික්ෂෝව rikṣōwa
- rickshaw in Assamese
- ৰিক্সা riksa
- rickshaw in Nepali
- रिक्शा rikśā
- rickshaw in Arabic
- رِيكْشَا rīkšā
- rickshaw in Malay
- beca, lanca, lancia
- rickshaw in Indonesian
- angkong, langcia, langca, becak
- rickshaw in Thai
- รถลาก rót-lâak, สามล้อ sǎam-lɔ́ɔ
- rickshaw in Vietnamese
- xe kéo, xe tay
- rickshaw in Myanmar
- လန်ချား lanhkya:
- Dzongkha
- རིག་ཤཱ rig shā
Forms of rickshaw
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | rickshaws |
| alternative form | ricksha |
| alternative form | rikisha |
| alternative form | rikshaw |
| alternative form | 'rickshaw |
| alternative form | riksha |
| alternative form | ricsha |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | rickshaws |
| present participle | rickshawing |
| past participle | rickshawed |
| past | rickshawed |
Origin of rickshaw
Borrowed from Japanese 力(りき)車(しゃ) (rikisha), a clipping of 人(じん)力(りき)車(しゃ) (jinrikisha), from Middle Chinese 人力 (nyin lik, “human power”) + 車 (t͡ʃʰæ, “cart”) (compare Mandarin 人力車 /人力车 (rénlìchē)).
Words formed from rickshaw
Questions about rickshaw
- What does rickshaw mean?
- Rickshaw means a two-wheeled carriage pulled along by a person.
- What is rickshaw in Hindi?
- Rickshaw in Hindi is रिक्शा (rikśā), रिक्षा (rikṣā). See Rickshaw meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is rickshaw?
- Rickshaw can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce rickshaw?
- Rickshaw is pronounced /ˈɹɪkˌʃɔː/.
- What is the plural of rickshaw?
- The plural of rickshaw is rickshaws.
Words near rickshaw in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: rickshaw (page history and authors); rickshaw (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); રિક્ષા (Gujarati) (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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