elchi

发音

/ˈɛltʃi/

词形变化

elchis 复数 elchis

别名

eltchi elchee elchie

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    An envoy, a messenger or an ambassador in Turkic and Persianate contexts, notably the Ottoman Empire and Qajar Iran.

词源

Ultimately from Proto-Turkic *ēlči, from *ēl (“realm, country”) + *-či (profession suffix), via Ottoman Turkish ایلچی (elçi) or Azerbaijani ایلچی (elçi), or via Hindustani एलची (elcī) / ایلْچی (elcī) through Classical Persian ایلْچِی (ēlčī).

来源：wiktionary