Etymology

krait

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Today it means: Any of several brightly-coloured, venomous snakes, of the genus Bungarus, of southeast Asia. Full definition →

Hindi करैत
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  1. Hindi · borrowed fromकरैत
  2. English todaykrait

Borrowed from Hindi करैत (karait), possibly from Kurux, a Dravidian language.

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