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jhooming

jhooming is the alternative form of jhumming.

Meaning of jhumming

Noun

jhumming (uncountable)

  1. (India) The practice of cutting down and burning the vegetation from an area of forest in order to create farmable land.
    • Jhumming consists during its first stage, clearance of the shrubs, surface soil with the undergrowth at the autumn season, while the conservation of the ashes for manuring is practiced during February or March. After felling the jungle, the common practice is that trees and shrubs are exposed to...2002, V. K. Agnihotri, Chandragupta Ashokvardhan, Socio-economic Profile of Rural India: North-East India, →OCLC

Questions about jhooming

What is jhooming the alternative form of?
Jhooming is the alternative form of jhumming.

Words near jhooming in the dictionary

  1. jhool
  2. jhools
  3. jhoom
  4. jhoomia
  5. jhoomias
  6. jhooming
  7. jhopadpatti
  8. jhopadpattis
  9. jhorts
  10. Jhou
  11. JHOVE

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