nautanki
/nɔːˈtaŋki/noun
A form of Indian popular theatre, incorporating both dialogue and song, and taking themes from Indian myth and from contemporary social issues.
Origin
1960s. From Hindi nauṭaṅkī from the title of a dramatized version of a Multani folk tale. The following quot. explains the origin of the character's name.
- putatively
- putative marriage
- put-away
- putback
- putcher
- putchism
- putchock
- putchuck
- putchuk
- put down
- put-down
- put down (or enter) one's (or someone's) name
- put down roots
- puteal
- puter
- put flesh on (the bones of) something
- put foot
- puthery
- puthry
- putid
- put ideas into someone's head
- put in
- put into action
- Putin, Vladimir
- put it (or oneself) about