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jhampani

jhampani noun: an Indian rickshaw-bearer.

Noun

jhampani (plural jhampanis)

  1. An Indian rickshaw-bearer.
    • Tell your jhampanis not to hurry so, dear. They forget I'm fresh from the Plains.1889, Rudyard Kipling, “The Hill of Ilusion”, in Under the Deodars, Boston: The Greenock Press, published 1899, page 81
    • A hillman from some distant village in Kumaon comes into Almora to make his fortune as a jhampani or coolie.1925, Sir Gerald Burrard, Big game hunting in the Himalayas and Tibet

Forms of jhampani

pluraljhampanis
alternative formjhampanie

Questions about jhampani

What does jhampani mean?
Jhampani means an Indian rickshaw-bearer.
What part of speech is jhampani?
Jhampani is a noun.
What is the plural of jhampani?
The plural of jhampani is jhampanis.

Words near jhampani in the dictionary

  1. jhala
  2. jhalas
  3. Jhalawar
  4. jhalfrezi
  5. Jhalokati District
  6. jhampani
  7. jhampanie
  8. jhampanies
  9. jhampanis
  10. jhana
  11. jhanas

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