"lathi" meaning in English

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      "name": "bor"
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  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Hindi लाठी (lāṭhī).",
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      "form": "lathis",
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      ]
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1973, JG Farrell, The Siege of Krishnapur",
          "text": "The iron-bound bamboo staves, known as lâtees, with which most disputes among rival zemindars were traditionally settled.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2004, Khushwant Singh, Burial at Sea, Penguin, published 2014, page 131",
          "text": "A phalanx of policemen armed with lathis faced a mob of mill workers squatting on the road.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2008, Amitav Ghosh, Sea of Poppies, Penguin, published 2015, page 94",
          "text": "Nearby, held back by a line of lathi-carrying peons, stood the farmers whose vessels were being weighed […].",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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        "A heavy stick or club, usually used by policemen."
      ],
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          "stick",
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        ],
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          "club",
          "club"
        ],
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          "policemen",
          "policemen"
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(India, countable) A heavy stick or club, usually used by policemen."
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        "countable"
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          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Law enforcement",
          "orig": "en:Law enforcement",
          "parents": [
            "Crime prevention",
            "Emergency services",
            "Law",
            "Crime",
            "Public safety",
            "Justice",
            "Criminal law",
            "Society",
            "Public administration",
            "Security",
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            "Government",
            "Fundamental",
            "Politics"
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          "name": "Martial arts",
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          "name": "Weapons",
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            "Hunting",
            "Military",
            "Tools",
            "Human activity",
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            "Technology",
            "Human behaviour",
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            "Human",
            "Fundamental"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Lathi shares its basic principles with other martial arts."
        }
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        "A martial art based on stick fighting originally practiced in India."
      ],
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          "martial art",
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(uncountable) A martial art based on stick fighting originally practiced in India."
      ],
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  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/lʌˈtiː/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
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  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "lattee"
    },
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        "archaic"
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      "word": "latti"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Kolkata",
    "Panaji",
    "lathi"
  ],
  "word": "lathi"
}

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      ]
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  "lang_code": "en",
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        {
          "ref": "1973, JG Farrell, The Siege of Krishnapur",
          "text": "The iron-bound bamboo staves, known as lâtees, with which most disputes among rival zemindars were traditionally settled.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2004, Khushwant Singh, Burial at Sea, Penguin, published 2014, page 131",
          "text": "A phalanx of policemen armed with lathis faced a mob of mill workers squatting on the road.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2008, Amitav Ghosh, Sea of Poppies, Penguin, published 2015, page 94",
          "text": "Nearby, held back by a line of lathi-carrying peons, stood the farmers whose vessels were being weighed […].",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A heavy stick or club, usually used by policemen."
      ],
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        [
          "stick",
          "stick"
        ],
        [
          "club",
          "club"
        ],
        [
          "policemen",
          "policemen"
        ]
      ],
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        "(India, countable) A heavy stick or club, usually used by policemen."
      ],
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        "A martial art based on stick fighting originally practiced in India."
      ],
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        "(uncountable) A martial art based on stick fighting originally practiced in India."
      ],
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      ]
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      "ipa": "/lʌˈtiː/",
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    {
      "word": "lattee"
    },
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      "word": "latti"
    }
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    "Kolkata",
    "Panaji",
    "lathi"
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  "word": "lathi"
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