nautchとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

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”)).

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /nɔːtʃ/, 韻: -ɔːtʃ
• (India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka)
  • IPA: /nɑːtʃ/, [näːt͡ʃ], 韻: -ɑːtʃ
  • Homophone: notch (father-bother merger)

名詞

nautch (plural nautches)

1. (India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka, South Asia, historical, obsolete) A dance in the Indian subcontinent, performed by professional dancing girls. [from 18th c.]
   • 1924, EM Forster, A Passage to India, Penguin, published 2005, page 65:

     ‘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 […].’

派生語

• nautch girl

アナグラム

• chaunt