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chamar

UK/tʃəˈmɑː/

chamar noun: a member of a tribe who works in leather and agriculture; a tanner or leather-worker.

Noun

chamar (plural chamars)

  1. A member of a tribe who works in leather and agriculture; a tanner or leather-worker.
    • It is not strictly a native patent, though chamars of the skin and hide castes can, if irritated, despatch a Sending which sits on the breast of their enemy by night and nearly kills him.1888, Rudyard Kipling, “The Sending of Dana Da”, in In Black and White, Folio Society, published 2005, page 419

chamar meaning in Urdu and Punjabi

chamar in Urdu

chamar
چمار camār

chamar in Punjabi

chamar
ਚਮਾਰ camār

Forms of chamar

pluralchamars
alternative formchamaar
alternative formchoomar
alternative formchumar

Origin of chamar

Borrowed from Hindi चमार (camār).

Words that rhyme with chamar

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Questions about chamar

What does chamar mean?
Chamar means a member of a tribe who works in leather and agriculture; a tanner or leather-worker.
What is chamar in Urdu?
Chamar in Urdu is چمار (camār). See Chamar meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is chamar?
Chamar is a noun.
How do you pronounce chamar?
Chamar is pronounced /tʃəˈmɑː/ (UK).
What is the plural of chamar?
The plural of chamar is chamars.

Words near chamar in the dictionary

  1. chamaesiphonaceous
  2. chamal
  3. chamals
  4. chaman
  5. chamango
  6. chamar
  7. Chamarajanagara
  8. Chamarande
  9. chamars
  10. Chamartín
  11. chamas

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: chamar (page history and authors); چمار (Urdu) (page history and authors); ਚਮਾਰ (Punjabi) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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