alacha

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English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Ultimately of Turkic origin: compare Ottoman Turkish آلاجه (alaca), Azerbaijani alaca (multi-colored). Also from Turkic: Persian الاچه (alâča), Russian алача́ (alačá), аладжа́ (aladžá).

Noun

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alacha (countable and uncountable, plural alachas)

  1. (obsolete) A kind of cotton cloth from India.

References

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  • Doerfer, Gerhard (1965) Türkische und mongolische Elemente im Neupersischen (Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur: Veröffentlichungen der Orientalischen Kommission; 19)‎[1] (in German), volume II, Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner Verlag, § 520, page 102