rickshaw

• ricksha, rikisha, rikshaw, 'rickshaw, riksha, ricsha

Borrowed from Japanese 力(りき)車(しゃ) (rikisha), a clipping of 人(じん)力(りき)車(しゃ) (jinrikisha), from Middle Chinese 人力 (nyin lik, “human power”) +‎ 車 (t͡ʃʰæ, “cart”) (compare Mandarin 人力車 / 人力车 (rénlìchē)).

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹɪkˌʃɔː/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɪkʃɔː

rickshaw (plural rickshaws)

1. A two-wheeled carriage pulled along by a person.

• autorickshaw
• cycle rickshaw
• electric rickshaw
• quickshaw
• rickshaw noodles

• jinriksha

• → Italian: risciò
• → German: Rikscha (or directly from Japanese)

• pedicab
• tuk-tuk

rickshaw (third-person singular simple present rickshaws, present participle rickshawing, simple past and past participle rickshawed)

1. To move someone by means of a rickshaw.

• Harwicks

• IPA^(key): /ˈriɡʃau/ [ˈriɣ̞.ʃau̯]
• Rhymes: -iɡʃau
• Syllabification: rick‧shaw

rickshaw m (plural rickshaws)

1. rickshaw