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bunjara

UK/bʌnˈdʒaɹə/

bunjara noun: a wandering grain and salt merchant in the Deccan Plateau (Southern India).

Noun

bunjara (plural bunjaras)

  1. (India) A wandering grain and salt merchant in the Deccan Plateau (Southern India).
    • Thirty years ago this ford was on the track of the bunjaras, and I have seen two thousand pack-bullocks cross in one night.1888, Rudyard Kipling, ‘At Twenty-two’, In Black and White, Folio Society, published 2005, page 410

Forms of bunjara

pluralbunjaras
alternative formbanjara
alternative formbinjarree
alternative formbinjarry
alternative formbrinjaree
alternative formbrinjarree
alternative formbrinjarry
alternative formbunjarree

Origin of bunjara

From Hindustani بنجارا / बंजारा (bañjārā), ultimately from Sanskrit वणिज्या (vaṇijyā, “trade”) + कार (kāra, “doer”).

Questions about bunjara

What does bunjara mean?
Bunjara means a wandering grain and salt merchant in the Deccan Plateau (Southern India).
What part of speech is bunjara?
Bunjara is a noun.
How do you pronounce bunjara?
Bunjara is pronounced /bʌnˈdʒaɹə/ (UK).
What is the plural of bunjara?
The plural of bunjara is bunjaras.

Words near bunjara in the dictionary

  1. bunionettes
  2. bunions
  3. bunitrolol
  4. Buniv
  5. Bunjalung
  6. bunjara
  7. bunjaras
  8. bunjaree
  9. bunjarees
  10. bunjarree
  11. bunjarrees

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