different between lathi vs lathy

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi ???? (l??h?).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /l??ti?/

Noun

lathi (countable and uncountable, plural lathis)

1. (India, countable) A heavy stick or club, usually used by policemen.
   • 1973, JG Farrell, The Siege of Krishnapur:

     The iron-bound bamboo staves, known as lâtees, with which most disputes among rival zemindars were traditionally settled.

   • 2004, Khushwant Singh, Burial at Sea, Penguin 2014, p. 131:

     A phalanx of policemen armed with lathis faced a mob of mill workers squatting on the road.

   • 2008, Amitav Ghosh, Sea of Poppies, Penguin 2015, p. 94:

     Nearby, held back by a line of lathi-carrying peons, stood the farmers whose vessels were being weighed […].

2. (uncountable) A martial art based on stick fighting originally practiced in India.

   Lathi shares its basic principles with other martial arts.

Derived terms

• lathicharge

References

• “lathi”, in OED Online ?, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000

Anagrams

• Lahti, Litha, laith, tahil, tahli, thali, thial

English

Etymology

lath +? -y

Adjective

lathy (comparative lathier, superlative lathiest)

1. (archaic) Like a lath; long and slender.
   • 2013, Philipp Meyer, The Son, Simon & Schuster 2014, p. 25:

     This one was tall and stocky, with a square head and fat nose; he looked more like a Negro than a lathy starving Indian […]

Anagrams

• Alyth