Nautch

Pronunciation

• IPA: /nɔːtʃ/

Origin

From Hindustani नाच
ناچ.

Full definition of nautch

Noun

1. A dance in South Asia, performed by professional dancing girls.
• 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage 2007, p. 549:one expected Wrangleresses on the legendary order of Phillippa Fawcett ... but certainly not this nautch-girl extravagence of looks and self-possession that Yashmeen presented.

Anagrams

• chaunt