alacha

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noun

A kind of cotton cloth from India.

OriginTurkic →
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Meanings

nounalacha (countable and uncountable, plural alachas)

plural alachas · alternative elatch

  1. countableobsoleteuncountableA kind of cotton cloth from India.

Origin

  1. Turkic
  2. Englishalacha

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

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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “alacha,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/alacha.

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