gadi

plural gadis · alternative gaddi · alternative guddee · alternative guddy

1. IndiaA cushioned throne used by Indian princes.
2. IndiafigurativelyThe office or position of a monarch; throne.

   I have thought we were friends and should still love to think so. However what has happened since August 9 last makes me wonder whether you still regard me as a friend. I have perhaps not come in such close touch with any other occupant of your gadi as with you.

   1942 December 31, Mahatma Gandhi, “Letter on New Year’s Eve: May the New Year bring peace to us [Letter to Lord Linlithgow]”, in R. L. Khipple, editor, Famous Letters of Mahatma Gandhi, Lahore: The Indian Printing Works, published 1947, page 131