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Modi

//moʊdi// name, noun

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Proper Noun

1
A script formerly used for writing the Marathi language.
2
A surname from Hindi.
"India is opening up the designs of its first indigenously developed drones to domestic private companies, seeking to spur further technological advances and encourage manufacturing as Prime Minister Narendra Modi modernizes the military."
3
A surname from Hindi.; Narendra Modi, 14th Prime Minister of India.

Noun

1
plural of modus form-of, plural

Etymology

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Marathi मोडी (moḍī), probably from मोडणे (moḍṇe, “to break”), referring to the broken Devanagari characters from which the script is thought to be derived.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Hindi मोदी (modī).

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