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- Hindi · borrowed fromझँपान
- English todayjampan
From Hindi झँपान (jhãpān) and Bengali.
Words from the same roots
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: 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. Full definition →
From Hindi झँपान (jhãpān) and Bengali.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.