different between gymkhana vs english

English

Etymology

From Hindi ????????? (gendx?n?) / Urdu ????????? (gendx?n?, “racquet court”), from ???? (gend) / ????? (gend, “ball”) + ????? (x?n?) / ????? (x?n?, “court”). Influenced by gymnastics and gymnasium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d???m?k?n?/
• Rhymes: -??n?

Noun

gymkhana (plural gymkhanas)

1. A competition where riders and horses display a range of skills and aptitudes.
2. (dated) A place of public resort for athletic games, etc.
3. (dated) A meeting for such sports.

Derived terms

• icekhana
• motorkhana

Descendants

• ? Catalan: gimcana
• ? Italian: gincana
• ? Portuguese: gincana
• ? Spanish: gincana

Further reading

• gymkhana on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Gymkhana in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)

French

Noun

gymkhana m (plural gymkhanas)

1. gymkhana

English

Alternative forms

• English

Etymology

Origin uncertain. It is speculated to relate either to people from England introducing the technique for billiards or bowling in the United States, or perhaps from a particular person with the surname English.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /???.?l??/

Noun

english (uncountable)

1. Spinning or rotary motion given to a ball around the vertical axis, as in billiards or bowling.

   You can't hit it directly, but maybe if you give it some english.

   • 2005, S. Moran, Bronx Boy: Book One of The Zombie Island Trilogy (page 179)

     There was a magical way of putting English on the dice to result in a six.

2. (figuratively) An unusual or unexpected interpretation of a text or idea, a spin, a nuance.

Synonyms

• (spinning motion): side, spin, sidespin

Translations

See also

• body English

References

Anagrams

• Hingles, shingle