gadi

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See also: -gadi

English

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Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi गद्दी (gaddī).

Noun

gadi (plural gadis)

  1. (India) A cushioned throne used by Indian princes.
  2. (India, figuratively) The office or position of a monarch; throne.
    • 1942 December 31, Mahatma Gandhi, “Letter on New Year’s Eve: May the New Year bring peace to us [Letter to Lord Linlithgow]”, in R. L. Khipple, editor, Famous Letters of Mahatma Gandhi, Lahore: The Indian Printing Works, published 1947, page 131:
      I have thought we were friends and should still love to think so. However what has happened since August 9 last makes me wonder whether you still regard me as a friend. I have perhaps not come in such close touch with any other occupant of your gadi as with you.

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Latvian

Noun

gadi m

  1. nominative/vocative plural of gads

Serbo-Croatian

Verb

gadi

  1. inflection of gaditi:
    1. third-person singular present
    2. second-person singular imperative

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from English guard.

Pronunciation

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Noun

gadi (n class, plural gadi)

  1. guard
    Synonym: mlinzi