nautanki

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Hindi नौटंकी (nauṭaṅkī), from the title of a play based on a Multani folktale, ‘The Musical Drama of Queen Nautanki’. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /nɔːˈtaŋki/ === Noun === nautanki (countable and uncountable, plural nautankis) (uncountable) A type of Indian folk theatre, based on folklore and mythological dramas with interludes of song and dance. [from 20th c.] (countable) An individual performance of this kind.