pachisin.

Brit.

/pəˈtʃiːsi/,

/pəˈtʃiːzi/, U.S.

/pəˈtʃisi/,

/pəˈtʃizi/

Forms: 1800s pachchisi, 1800s pacheess, 1800s pachishee, 1800s– pachisi, 1800s– parcheesi Brit.

/pɑːˈtʃiːzi/, U.S.

/pɑrˈtʃizi/, 1800s– parchesi, 1900s– pacisi, 1900s– parcheezi, 1900s– parchisi. Also with capital initial.

Origin: A borrowing from Hindi. Etymon: Hindi pacīsī.

Etymology: < Hindi pacīsī twenty-five, referring to the highest possible throw (of the cowrie shells) < Sanskrit pañcaviṃśati. O.E.D. Suppl. (1982) treats this as non-naturalized and gives only the pronunciation (patʃī·si) /paˈtʃiːsiː/. In O.E.D. (1989) the headword form was given as parcheesi, parchesi on the basis of a note in O.E.D. Suppl. (1982) that these spellings ‘are now usual’.

A four-handed game from South Asia, played on a cruciform cloth or board, on which (in the traditional form of the game) counters are moved according to the casting of six cowrie shells; any of various modern versions of this game.The European game ludo is a simplified form of pachisi.In form Parcheesi, a proprietary name in the United States.

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1801 Asiatic Ann. Reg. 1800 Misc. Tracts 314/2 In one square court the pavement is worked with squares, in the manner of the cloth used by the Indians for playing the game called Pacheess.

1867 A. F. Bellasis in E. Falkener Games Anc. & Oriental (1892) 258 There is a gigantic pachishee board at the palace at Agra where the squares are inlaid with marble on a terrace.

1871 Indian Observer 27 May 265/1 An order has been given for a large quantity of pachisi boards.

1892 R. Kipling & W. Balestier Naulahka viii. 78 It seemed to him no extraordinary mark of court favour to play pachisi with the King.

1921 N.Y. Tribune 28 June 10/5 They play parchesi With Sidney Stowe, Who says Mex Pete Got a Body Blow.

1942 Man 42 115 It was a simple form of the famous game of pacisi which Akbar used to play with human pawns in a courtyard of the Fort of Agra and at Fatchpur-sikri, that national game of India which has spread through Persia and Arabia (barjīs) to N. Africa and to Spain (parchis), and which was introduced more recently in England as ludo.

1972 Listener 13 July 51/3 I was playing a lot of board games at home. We had Pachisi, Monopoly..Chinese chequers and what-not.

2001 S. Fatsis Word Freak xii. 170 One of the first games that Alfred Swift shipped was Parcheesi, which was almost identical to pachisi, the national game of India since at least the fourteenth century.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pachisi
释义	pachisin. Brit. /pəˈtʃiːsi/, /pəˈtʃiːzi/, U.S. /pəˈtʃisi/, /pəˈtʃizi/ Forms: 1800s pachchisi, 1800s pacheess, 1800s pachishee, 1800s– pachisi, 1800s– parcheesi Brit. /pɑːˈtʃiːzi/, U.S. /pɑrˈtʃizi/, 1800s– parchesi, 1900s– pacisi, 1900s– parcheezi, 1900s– parchisi. Also with capital initial. Origin: A borrowing from Hindi. Etymon: Hindi pacīsī. Etymology: < Hindi pacīsī twenty-five, referring to the highest possible throw (of the cowrie shells) < Sanskrit pañcaviṃśati. O.E.D. Suppl. (1982) treats this as non-naturalized and gives only the pronunciation (patʃī·si) /paˈtʃiːsiː/. In O.E.D. (1989) the headword form was given as parcheesi, parchesi on the basis of a note in O.E.D. Suppl. (1982) that these spellings ‘are now usual’. A four-handed game from South Asia, played on a cruciform cloth or board, on which (in the traditional form of the game) counters are moved according to the casting of six cowrie shells; any of various modern versions of this game.The European game ludo is a simplified form of pachisi.In form Parcheesi, a proprietary name in the United States. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > board game > other board games > [noun] > others quek1376 quek-board1477 draughtsc1540 goose1597 mancala1687 pachisi1801 Chinese chequers1840 go1840 shogi1858 wari1866 wei ch'i1871 gobang1875 crokinole1885 Kono1895 salta1901 Snakes and Ladders1907 pegity1925 oware1929 monopoly1934 Scrabble1950 morabaraba1953 Chutes and Ladders1955 pentominos1975 Trivial Pursuit1982 1801 Asiatic Ann. Reg. 1800 Misc. Tracts 314/2 In one square court the pavement is worked with squares, in the manner of the cloth used by the Indians for playing the game called Pacheess. 1867 A. F. Bellasis in E. Falkener Games Anc. & Oriental (1892) 258 There is a gigantic pachishee board at the palace at Agra where the squares are inlaid with marble on a terrace. 1871 Indian Observer 27 May 265/1 An order has been given for a large quantity of pachisi boards. 1892 R. Kipling & W. Balestier Naulahka viii. 78 It seemed to him no extraordinary mark of court favour to play pachisi with the King. 1921 N.Y. Tribune 28 June 10/5 They play parchesi With Sidney Stowe, Who says Mex Pete Got a Body Blow. 1942 Man 42 115 It was a simple form of the famous game of pacisi which Akbar used to play with human pawns in a courtyard of the Fort of Agra and at Fatchpur-sikri, that national game of India which has spread through Persia and Arabia (barjīs) to N. Africa and to Spain (parchis), and which was introduced more recently in England as ludo. 1972 Listener 13 July 51/3 I was playing a lot of board games at home. We had Pachisi, Monopoly..Chinese chequers and what-not. 2001 S. Fatsis Word Freak xii. 170 One of the first games that Alfred Swift shipped was Parcheesi, which was almost identical to pachisi, the national game of India since at least the fourteenth century. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1801
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