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gamcha

gamcha is the alternative form of gamucha.

Meaning of gamucha

Noun

gamucha

  1. A traditional thin, coarse cotton cloth used in South Asia as a towel, scarf, loincloth, etc.
    • A thin, scarlet-hued gamchha is usually fastened around his waist or wrapped around his head.2023, Radhika Iyengar, Fire on the Ganges, Fourth Estate, page 6

Questions about gamcha

What is gamcha the alternative form of?
Gamcha is the alternative form of gamucha.

Words near gamcha in the dictionary

  1. gambs
  2. Gamburtsev
  3. Gamburtsevs
  4. gambusia
  5. gambusias
  6. gamcha
  7. gamchcha
  8. gamchha
  9. game
  10. game as Ned Kelly
  11. game bag

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