Dictionary

lathi en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /lʌˈtiː/ (UK)

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi लाठी (lāṭhī).

Meanings

1. (India, countable) A heavy stick or club, usually used by policemen.
   • Nearby, held back by a line of lathi-carrying peons, stood the farmers whose vessels were being weighed […]. 2008, Amitav Ghosh, Sea of Poppies, Penguin, published 2015, page 94:
   • The iron-bound bamboo staves, known as lâtees, with which most disputes among rival zemindars were traditionally settled. 1973, JG Farrell, The Siege of Krishnapur:
   • A phalanx of policemen armed with lathis faced a mob of mill workers squatting on the road. 2004, Khushwant Singh, Burial at Sea, Penguin, published 2014, page 131:
2. (uncountable) A martial art based on stick fighting originally practiced in India.
   • Lathi shares its basic principles with other martial arts.

Forms

Deriveds

lathicharge

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