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thali

noun

thali is spelled T-H-A-L-I: 5 letters. It appears about once in every 12 million words in written English, the 105,204th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, thali means “A round metal platter used to serve food in India” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of thali is thalis.

How many letters and syllables are in thali?

Letters5: T-H-A-L-I
In writingabout once in every 12 million words; the 105,204th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone 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 thali?

Thali appears about once in every 12 million words in written English, the 105,204th 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).

What rhymes with thali?

No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as thali.

Spelled with the same letters in another order: laith, lathi.

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 thali

  • thalis plural

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does thali mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

noun

  1. 1

    A round metal platter used to serve food in India.

  2. 2

    A meal served on such a platter, typically comprising a selection of different dishes presented in small bowls.

  3. 3

    Alternative form of thaali.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Where does thali come from?

From Hindi थाली (thālī, “plate”).

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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