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handloom

handloom noun: a simple machine used for weaving by hand.

handloom: a simple machine used for weaving by hand
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Noun

handloom (plural handlooms)

  1. A simple machine used for weaving by hand.
    • The Culture department has also extended invitation to West Bengal, Bihar and Assam governments to attend the festival as partner states under the ‘Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat’ initiative of the government, wherein they can showcase their handloom, handicrafts and culture through stalls.2025 October 10, “Balijatra to celebrate classical Odia language, its authors in 2025”, in The New Indian Express

handloom meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali

handloom in Hindi

handloom
हथकरघा hathkarghā

handloom in Tamil

கைத்தறி

handloom in Urdu

کھڈی

handloom in Bengali

handloom
তাঁত tãt
More languagesFewer languages
handloom in Kannada
ಕೈಮಗ್ಗ, ಕಯ್ಮಗ್ಗ

Forms of handloom

pluralhandlooms
alternative formhand-loom

Origin of handloom

From hand + loom.

Words formed from handloom

Questions about handloom

What does handloom mean?
Handloom means a simple machine used for weaving by hand.
What is handloom in Hindi?
Handloom in Hindi is हथकरघा (hathkarghā). See Handloom meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is handloom?
Handloom is a noun.
What is the plural of handloom?
The plural of handloom is handlooms.

Words near handloom in the dictionary

  1. handlocked
  2. handlocking
  3. handlocks
  4. Handlon
  5. Handlons
  6. handloom
  7. handloomed
  8. handlooming
  9. handlooms
  10. handly
  11. handmade

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: handloom (page history and authors); हथकरघा (Hindi) (page history and authors); handloom (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); handloom (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); তাঁত (Bengali) (page history and authors); handloom (Kannada Wiktionary) (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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