ایلچی

Azerbaijani

Noun

ایلچی (definite accusative ایلچینی, plural ایلچیلر)

1. Arabic spelling of elçi

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian ایلچی (ēlčī, īlčī), from Chagatai ایلچی (elçi). Compare Turkish elçi (“ambassador”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /eːl.t͡ʃiː/

Noun

ایلْچی • (elcī) m (Hindi spelling एलची)

1. ambassador, emissary, representative, diplomat, envoy
2. (historical) elchi

References

• “ایلچی”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “ایلچی”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.