धोबी पछाड़

• धोबी-पछाड़ (dhobī-pachāṛ), धोबीपछाड़ (dhobīpachāṛ)

From धोबी (dhobī, “washerman”) +‎ पछाड़ (pachāṛ, “throwing on the back”). The wrestling trick is called so as it resembles how a washerman dashes down clothes on a stone.

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /d̪ʱoː.biː pə.t͡ʃʰɑːɽ/, [d̪ʱoː.biː‿pɐ.t͡ʃʰäːɽ]

धोबी पछाड़ • (dhobī pachāṛ) m

1. (wrestling) throwing one's opponent supine with both hands

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “धोबी पछाड़”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 2485
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “धोबी”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 535
• Caturvedi, Mahendra, Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970) “धोबी”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House, page 344