nautch dance
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dance — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Motion to music Nouns 1. dance, dancing; ball, formal, tea dance, thé dansant, cotillion, promenade, dinner dance; masquerade, masked ball, bal masqué, fancy dress ball. Informal, drag, hop, prom, mixer … English dictionary for students
nautch — /nawch/, n. 1. (in India) an exhibition of dancing by professional dancing girls. 2. Also called nautch dance. a sinuous dance of the Orient, resembling the cooch. [1800 10; < Hindi nach < Prakrit nachcha dancing] * * * … Universalium
Nautch — dancer in Calcutta, ca. 1900 … Wikipedia
Nautch Girls of India: Dancers, Singers, Playmates — Author(s) Pran Nevile … Wikipedia
Nautch — Nautch, n. [Hind. n[=a]ch, fr. Skr. n[.r]tya dance.] An entertainment consisting chiefly of dancing by professional dancing (or Nautch) girls. [India] Syn: nauch. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
nautch — [nôch] n. [Hindi nāc < Prakrit nacca < Sans nṛtya, dancing < nṛt, to dance] in India, a performance by professional dancing girls (nautch girls) … English World dictionary
nautch — noun /nɔːtʃ/ A dance in South Asia, performed by professional dancing girls. one expected Wrangleresses on the legendary order of Phillippa Fawcett [...] but certainly not this nautch girl extravagence of looks and self possession that Yashmeen… … Wiktionary
nautch — (nawch) [Hindi: dance] In India, an entertainment or exhibition of dances performed by professional dancing girls, called nautch girls … Dictionary of foreign words and phrases
nautch — /nɔtʃ/ (say nawch) noun (in India) a dance performance by professional female dancers (nautch girls). {Hindi nāc} …
nautch — [nɔ:tʃ] noun (in the Indian subcontinent) a traditional dance performed by professional dancing girls. Origin from Hindi nāc, from Prakrit nachcha, from Sanskrit nṛtya dancing … English new terms dictionary
