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kanger

kanger is the alternative form of kangri.

Meaning of kangri

Noun

kangri (plural kangris)

  1. A small wicker-covered clay pot containing hot coals, worn under clothing in Kashmir to warm the skin.
    • Under the phiran her little kangri of hot coals sent long fingers of heat across her stomach.2005, Salman Rushdie, Shalimar the Clown, Vintage, published 2006, page 54

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Forms of kanger

pluralkangers

Questions about kanger

What is kanger the alternative form of?
Kanger is the alternative form of kangri.

Words near kanger in the dictionary

  1. Kangean chicken
  2. Kangean chickens
  3. Kangeanese
  4. Kangeans
  5. kanged
  6. kanger
  7. Kangerlussuaq
  8. kangeroo
  9. kangeroos
  10. kangers
  11. Kangeyam

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Adapted from Wiktionary: kanger (page history and authors); kangri (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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