nasi
/ˈnɑː.si/noun
nasi is spelled N-A-S-I: 4 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 47,633rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, nasi means “Cooked rice” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in nasi?
| Letters | 4: N-A-S-I |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 3 million words; the 47,633rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is nasi?
Nasi appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 47,633rd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce nasi?
- UK /ˈnɑː.si/
As a noun (“The intercalation of a month in the calendar of pre-Islamic…”): /nəˈsiː/.
As a noun: /ˈneɪˌsaɪ/.
Nasi has 2 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-nasi.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-nasi2.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-nasi3.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with nasi?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as nasi (/eɪsaɪ/).
Spelled with the same letters in another order: sian, sain.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of nasi
- nasi'
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does nasi mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Cooked rice.
- 2
The intercalation of a month in the calendar of pre-Islamic Arabia, often considered heretical.
- 3
plural of nasus
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does nasi come from?
Borrowed from Malay nasi.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).