baradari

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1. South AsiaA boxy building with twelve doors designed for free flow of air and excellent acoustics; similar buildings and pavilions with similar sets of openings.
2. South AsiahistoricalA palanquin with twelve openings, including entryways and windows; similar palanquins with similar sets of openings.

   Bárádari is a kind of open palkí, and is so called from having twelve doors or openings.

   1877, D. B. Allen et al., “A Statistical Account of Bengal”, in Districts of Gayá and Sháhábád, volume 12, page 81

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1. South AsiacountableuncountableA system of social strata that dictate political alliances among South Asian Muslims.