| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| pachisi |
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| SYLLABICATION: | pa·chi·si |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  p -ch  z |
| NOUN: | An ancient game of India similar to backgammon that uses cowrie shells instead of dice. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Hindi pac s, from pacs, twenty-five : Sanskrit pañca, five; see penkwe in Appendix I + Sanskrit vi  ati , twenty; see wk t in Appendix I.
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