gandhi

Other forms of gandhi

plural

gandhis·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about gandhi

What does gandhi mean?

gandhi means "daughter of Nehru who served as prime minister of India from 1966 to 1977 (1917-1984)". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in gandhi?

gandhi has 2 syllables: gand-hi. The stress falls on "gand". In IPA it is /ˈɡɑndi/.

What is another word for gandhi?

Close synonyms include Indira Gandhi, Indira Nehru Gandhi, Mrs. Gandhi, Mahatma Gandhi, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is gandhi a common word?

gandhi is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.