Nautch
（重定向自Nauch）
![Nautch dancer in Calcutta, ca. 1900](/Images/godic/202501/29/Nautch_dancer3138.jpg")
![A Raja awaits the arrival of Nautch dancers.](/Images/godic/202501/29/Brooklyn_Museum_-_Raja_Enthroned_with_Courtiers_Musicians_and_Nautch_Girls_in_Attendance3138.jpg")
![Nautch girl performing (1862)](/Images/godic/202501/29/Nautch_girl_dancing,_while_two_men_play_a_string_instrument_and_a_drum_nearby3138.jpg")
In North India, Nautch (/ˈnɔːtʃ/) is one of several styles of popular dance, performed by girls known as Nautch girls. The word Nautch is an anglicized version of नाच (nāc), a word found in Hindi and Urdu (where it is spelled ناچ), and several other languages of North India, derived from the Sanskrit, Nritya, via the Prakrit, Nachcha. A simple and literal translation of Nautch is "dance" or "dancing".