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joom

joom is the alternative form of jhum.

Meaning of jhum

Noun

jhum (uncountable)

  1. A tribal form of cultivation in India, where a chosen piece of land is cleared and used to grow crops until its fertility is depleted.

Questions about joom

What is joom the alternative form of?
Joom is the alternative form of jhum.

Words near joom in the dictionary

  1. joola
  2. joolah
  3. joolahs
  4. joolas
  5. jools
  6. joom
  7. jooming
  8. Joondalup
  9. JOOOT
  10. Joos
  11. Jooses

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Adapted from Wiktionary: joom (page history and authors); jhum (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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