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parcheesi的意思

parcheesi

基本解释

巴棋戏

中文词源

Parcheesi 巴棋戏(一种用骰子和筹码在棋盘上玩的印度游戏)

来自印度语pachis,二十五点,二十五点掷骰游戏。拼写通俗化。

英文词源

parcheesi (n.)
1800, from Hindi pachisi, from pachis "twenty-five" (highest throw of the dice), from Sanskrit panca "five" (see five) + vinsati-s "twenty." Modern spelling outside India, with intrusive -r-, was enshrined 1892 by trademark name.