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kharita

kharita noun: a silk bag enclosing a letter to or from a native noble.

Noun

kharita (plural kharitas)

  1. (India, historical) A silk bag enclosing a letter to or from a native noble.
  2. (India, broadly, historical) The letter itself.

Forms of kharita

pluralkharitas

Origin of kharita

From Hindi ख़रीता (xarītā), from Arabic خَرِيطَة (ḵarīṭa).

Questions about kharita

What does kharita mean?
Kharita means a silk bag enclosing a letter to or from a native noble.
What part of speech is kharita?
Kharita is a noun.
What is the plural of kharita?
The plural of kharita is kharitas.

Words near kharita in the dictionary

  1. Khariji
  2. Kharijis
  3. Kharijism
  4. Kharijite
  5. Kharijites
  6. kharita
  7. kharitas
  8. kharja
  9. kharjas
  10. Khark
  11. kharkee

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