nautanki
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Hindi नौटंकी (nauṭaṅkī), from the title of a play based on a Multani folktale, ‘The Musical Drama of Queen Nautanki’.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /nɔːˈtaŋki/
Noun
nautanki (countable and uncountable, plural nautankis)
- (uncountable) A type of Indian folk theatre, based on folklore and mythological dramas with interludes of song and dance. [from 20th c.]
- 1997, Kiran Nagarkar, Cuckold, HarperCollins 2013, p. 25:
- ‘Let your men make sure that this is done when no marriage party or nautanki troupe is in the vicinity.’
- 1997, Kiran Nagarkar, Cuckold, HarperCollins 2013, p. 25:
- (countable) An individual performance of this kind.