Jaun
//dʒɔn// noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Synonym of litter, particularly those of the upper middle class in 18th-, 19th-, and early 20th-century Kolkata. India, historical
"Who did not know that office Jaun of pale Pomona green, With its drab and yellow lining, and picked out black between, Which down the Esplanade did go at the ninth hour of the day […]"
Example
More examples"Who did not know that office Jaun of pale Pomona green, With its drab and yellow lining, and picked out black between, Which down the Esplanade did go at the ninth hour of the day […]"
Etymology
From Bengali and Hindi.
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