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kattan

kattan noun: the waste selvage in silk weaving, used for stringing ornaments.

Noun

kattan (uncountable)

  1. (India, historical) The waste selvage in silk weaving, used for stringing ornaments.

Questions about kattan

What does kattan mean?
Kattan means the waste selvage in silk weaving, used for stringing ornaments.
What part of speech is kattan?
Kattan is a noun.

Words near kattan in the dictionary

  1. katsuwokinase
  2. katsuwonid
  3. katsuwonids
  4. Katta
  5. Kattalafushi
  6. kattan
  7. Kattang
  8. kattar
  9. Kattas
  10. Kattea
  11. Kattegat

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