parcheesi
‘a four-handed game from South Asia’
Lexical development traced from Tamil root:
E. pachchisi, parcheesi, parchesi, pacisi < Hin. pachisi < pachis ‘twenty-five’ < Skt. panca ‘five’ + vinsati-s ‘twenty’ < paach < penkwe- < Tamil aintu
parcheesi
English words derived from Tamil aintu connoting ‘the number five’