mochadi
/mɒˈkɑːdi/ /məˈxɑːdi/ /mɒxɑːˈdiː/(also mochardi, mokardi, moXadi)
adjective
In Romani usage: (of a woman) spiritually and ceremonially unclean; defiled or impure.
Origin
1920s. From Angloromani (Welsh Romani) mochadi taboo, unclean from Romani maXadi (also as måχadī), feminine of maXado, lit. ‘smeared’ (with reference to menstrual blood) from late Sanskrit mrakṣati (third person singular) smears.
- agush
- AGW
- agy
- ah
- aha
- aha experience
- Ahaggar Mountains
- a hair's breadth
- Ahal-Teke
- Ahal-Tekke
- aha moment
- (a) hang of (a)
- a hard nut to crack
- a hard (or tough) act to follow
- a hard (or tough) row to hoe
- Aharonov–Bohm
- ahchoo
- ahead
- ahead of
- ahead of one's (or its) time
- ahead of (or behind) schedule
- ahead of (or behind) the curve
- ahead of (or behind) the game
- ahead of time
- a head start