English Explanatory Dictionary

modi

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. plural of modus
name
  1. A script formerly used for writing the Marathi language.
name
  1. A surname from Gujarati.
  2. Narendra Modi, 14th Prime Minister of India.

Pronunciation

/moʊdi/

Word forms

modi Modis

Etymology

Borrowed from Marathi मोडी (moḍī), probably from मोडणे (moḍṇe, “to break”), referring to the broken Devanagari characters from which the script is thought to be derived.

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