pulwar

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noun

A keelless riverboat used in northeast India and Bangladesh, chiefly to carry cargo.

OriginHindi पलवार →
First used 18th c.Scrabble 11
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Meanings

nounpulwar (plural pulwars)

plural pulwars · alternative palwar · alternative polwar · alternative pulwaar · alternative pulwah

  1. A keelless riverboat used in northeast India and Bangladesh, chiefly to carry cargo.First known use 18th c.

    When at sail, the Halder budgerow always towed another, smaller boat in its wake, a pulwar […]

    2008, Amitav Ghosh, Sea of Poppies, Penguin, published 2015, page 40

Origin

  1. Hindiपलवार
  2. Englishpulwar

From Hindi पलवार (palvār).

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APA

pulwar. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pulwar

MLA

“pulwar.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pulwar. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pulwar,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pulwar.

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