Jampan
//ˈdʒæmˌpæn// noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 Synonym of dandy or tonjon, a kind of open sedan chair, particularly one with its main pole suspended from smaller poles borne on the shoulders of two pairs of porters. India, historical
"At a hill-station ladies are carried in jampans, which are open doolies."
- 2 a kind of sedan chair used in India wordnet
- 3 Synonym of mihaffa, a kind of enclosed litter, principally for women. Malaysia, historical
"... we find in Crawfurd's Malay Dict. "Jampana... a kind of litter"... It may have been originally in India, as it is now in the Straits, a closed litter for ladies of rank, and the word may have become appropriated to the open conveyance in which European ladies are carried."
Example
More examples"At a hill-station ladies are carried in jampans, which are open doolies."
Etymology
From Hindi झँपान (jhãpān) and Bengali.
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