Etymology

bahut

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Today it means: A portable coffer or chest with a rounded lid covered in leather, garnished with nails, once used for the transport of clothes or other personal luggage. It was the original portmanteau. Full definition →

French bahut
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  1. French · borrowed frombahut
  2. English todaybahut

Borrowed from French bahut, of unknown origin.

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