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- Hindi · borrowed fromपालकी गाड़ी
- English todaypalkigari
From Hindi पालकी गाड़ी (pālkī gāṛī), from पालकी (pālkī, “palanquin, litter, sedan chair”) + गाड़ी (gāṛī, “cart, carriage, truck, car”), q.v.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
palkigari
Today it means: A carriage or cart considered similar-looking to a palanquin, particularly (historical) those instituted for regular service between major towns in British India in the 1840s. Full definition →
Hindi पालकी गाड़ी