Modi

See also: Appendix:Variations of "modi"

Translingual

Etymology

From English Modi, French modî or Marathi मोडी (moḍī).

Symbol

Modi

1. (international standards) ISO 15924 script code for Modi.

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈmoʊdi/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈməʊdi/

Etymology 1

The word Modi in modern Modi script

Modi alphabet chart

Etymology tree

Old Marathi 𑘦𑘻𑘚𑘲 (moḍī)

Marathi मोडी (moḍī)bor.

English Modi

Borrowed from Marathi मोडी (moḍī), from Old Marathi 𑘦𑘻𑘚𑘲 (moḍī, “form, shape”), probably from 𑘦𑘻𑘚𑘜𑘹 (moḍaṇe, “to break”), referring to the modifications to the Nagari characters from which the script is thought to be derived.

Proper noun

Modi

1. An abugida script used for writing the Marathi, Varhadi and Sanskrit languages whose usage has dwindled since the late twentieth century.

Translations

abugida alphabet of India

• Gujarati: મોડી f (moṛī)
• Hindi: मोड़ी (hi) f (moṛī)
• Kannada: ಮೋಡಿ (kn) (mōḍi)
• Marathi: मोडी f (moḍī)

  Old Marathi: 𑘦𑘻𑘚𑘲 f (moḍī)

• Urdu: موڑی f (moṛī)

Etymology 2

Transliteration of Gujarati મોદી (modī).

Proper noun

Modi (plural Modis)

1. A surname from Gujarati.
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     India is opening up the designs of its first indigenously developed drones to domestic private companies, seeking to spur further technological advances and encourage manufacturing as Prime Minister Narendra Modi modernizes the military.

   1. Narendra Modi, 14th Prime Minister of India.

Derived terms

• Modified

Anagrams

• MOID, Omid

German

Pronunciation

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Noun

Modi

1. plural of Modus