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elaichi

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, South-Asia: /ɪ.lɑːj.t͡ʃiː/
  • Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, South-Asia: [ɪ.läːj.t͡ʃiː]
  • Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, South-Asia: /ɪ.lɑː.ɪ.t͡ʃiː/
  • Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, South-Asia: [ɪ.läː.ɪ.t͡ʃiː]
  • rhymes with -iː

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noun

Meaning 1

cardamom

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, South-Asia, countable, uncountable

Topics: cooking, food, lifestyle

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindustani (Hindi इलायची (ilāycī) / Urdu اِلائِچی (ilāicī)), from Middle Hindi, from Old Hindi, from Sauraseni Prakrit, from Prakrit, ultimately from Proto-South Dravidian *ēlVkkāy. Related to Sanskrit एलीका (elīkā), Classical Persian هیل (hēl).