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shikakai

shikakai noun: synonym of soap acacia.

Noun

shikakai (countable and uncountable, plural shikakais)

  1. Synonym of soap acacia.
    Synonyms:
    soap acacia

shikakai meaning in Tamil

shikakai in Tamil

shikakai, soap acacia
சிகைக்காய் cikaikkāy

Synonyms of shikakai

Forms of shikakai

pluralshikakais

Origin of shikakai

From Hindi शिकाकाई (śikākāī), from Tamil சிகைக்காய் (cikaikkāy, from சிகை (cikai, “hair”) + காய் (kāy, “fruit”)).

Questions about shikakai

What does shikakai mean?
Shikakai means synonym of soap acacia.
What is shikakai in Tamil?
Shikakai in Tamil is சிகைக்காய் (cikaikkāy). See Shikakai meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is shikakai?
Shikakai is a noun.
What is the plural of shikakai?
The plural of shikakai is shikakais.

Words near shikakai in the dictionary

  1. Shijiazhuang
  2. Shijing
  3. Shijingshan
  4. shijo
  5. shijos
  6. shikakai
  7. shikakais
  8. shikar
  9. shikara
  10. shikaras
  11. shikared

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: shikakai (page history and authors); சிகைக்காய் (Tamil) (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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