Nakhi

English

Alternative forms

• Na-Khi, Nashi

Noun

Nakhi pl (plural only)

1. An ethnic group centered in the foothills of the Himalayas in the northwestern part of Yunnan Province, as well as the southwestern part of Sichuan Province in China.
   • 1997, Carolyn Han, Tales from Within the Clouds: Nakhi Stories of China, →ISBN, page x:

     I wanted to know if the Nakhi folktales were different, given that they originated in a matriarchal society. Mu Ji Xin. a Nakhi friend, helped me find a collection of tales that had been translated from Nakhi to Chinese.

Anagrams

• nikah, ḳinah