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chumar

chumar is the alternative spelling of chamar.

Meaning of chamar

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

Forms of chumar

pluralchumars

Questions about chumar

What is chumar the alternative spelling of?
Chumar is the alternative spelling of chamar.

Words near chumar in the dictionary

  1. chum salmon
  2. chum salmons
  3. chum up
  4. chuman
  5. chumans
  6. chumar
  7. chumars
  8. Chumash
  9. Chumashan
  10. Chumashes
  11. Chumashim

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