धोबी पछाड़

Hindi

Alternative forms

• धोबी-पछाड़ (dhobī-pachāṛ), धोबीपछाड़ (dhobīpachāṛ)

Etymology

From धोबी (dhobī, “washerman”) +‎ पछाड़ (pachāṛ, “throwing on the back”). The wrestling trick is called so as it resembles how a washerman dashes down clothes on a stone.

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /d̪ʱoː.biː pə.t͡ʃʰɑːɽ/, [d̪ʱoː.biː‿pɐ.t͡ʃʰäːɽ]

Noun

धोबी पछाड़ • (dhobī pachāṛ) m

1. (wrestling) throwing one's opponent supine with both hands

Declension

Declension of धोबी पछाड़ (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	धोबी पछाड़ dhobī pachāṛ	धोबी पछाड़ dhobī pachāṛ
oblique	धोबी पछाड़ dhobī pachāṛ	धोबी पछाड़ों dhobī pachāṛõ
vocative	धोबी पछाड़ dhobī pachāṛ	धोबी पछाड़ो dhobī pachāṛo

Further reading

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “धोबी पछाड़”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 2485
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “धोबी”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 535
• Caturvedi, Mahendra, Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970) “धोबी”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House, page 344