nautch

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /nɔːtʃ/   

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A dance in the Indian subcontinent, performed by professional dancing girls. Bangladesh,India,Nepal,Pakistan,South-Asia
    — ‘We will punish no one, no one,’ he repeated, ‘and in the evening we will give a great banquet with a nautch, and lovely girls shall shine on every side of the tank […].’

词形变化

nautches plural

词源

Borrowed from Hindustani (Hindi नाच (nāc) / Urdu ناچ (nāc)), in turn derived from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀡𑀘𑁆𑀘 (ṇacca), ultimately derived from Sanskrit नृत्य (nṛtya), which was originally नृत्त (nṛttá) (also see नृत्यति (nṛtyati, “to dance”)).
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