At a hill-station ladies are carried in jampans, which are open doolies.
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Jampan
//ˈdʒæmˌpæn//
Synonyms for "jampan" (5 found)
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Noun(1 words)
Strong matches (2)
Noun(1 words)
Related words (2)
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Translations
2 translations across 2 languages.
Hindi
1 entries- झँपान noun (Translations)
Polish
1 entries- dżampan noun (Translations)
Sample sentences
2 total sentences available.
... 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.
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