Here is a charpoy on which two can sit, and it is possible that there may, from time to time, be food in that platter.
Source: wiktionary
Charpoy
//ˈt͡ʃɑɹpɔɪ//
Synonyms for "charpoy"
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Translations
5 translations across 4 languages.
Gujarati
1 entries- ખાટલો noun (a traditional bedstead)
Hindi
1 entries- चारपाई noun (a traditional bedstead)
Punjabi
2 entries- مَنْجی noun (a traditional bedstead)
- ਮੰਜੀ noun (a traditional bedstead)
Urdu
1 entries- چار پائی noun (a traditional bedstead)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
Flory crossed the brick-like earth of the yard between the hospital sheds. All down the wide verandas, on sheetless charpoys, rows of grey-faced men lay silent and moveless.
Source: wiktionary
There, every morning, tens of thousands of young men sit in the tea shops, reading the newspaper, or lie on a charpoy humming a tune, or sit in their rooms talking to a photo of a film actress.
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