omrah
omrah noun: a noble of the Mughal Empire or other Muslim Indian state.
Noun
omrah (plural omrahs)
- A noble of the Mughal Empire or other Muslim Indian state.
- The torch-eyed ſavage, with growl tremendous, riſing up, diſlocated at one blow the arched neck of Sadit's Arabian ſteed, and brought the unfortunate omrah to the duſt, expiring between his extended claws.1769, Firishta, translated by Alexander Dow, Tales translated from the Persian of Inatulla of Delhi, volume I, Dublin: P. and W. Wilson et al., page 7
- Whenever the King takes an excursion in his Paleky, on an elephant, or in a Tact-Ravan (or travelling throne, carried upon the shoulders of eight men, who are cleverly relieved from time to time when on the march by eight others), all the Omrahs who are not prevented by illness, disabled by age, or...1891, François Bernier, translated by Archibald Constable et al., Travels in the Mogul Empire, A.D. 1656-1668, page 214
Forms of omrah
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Questions about omrah
- What does omrah mean?
- Omrah means a noble of the Mughal Empire or other Muslim Indian state.
- What part of speech is omrah?
- Omrah is a noun.
- What is the plural of omrah?
- The plural of omrah is omrahs.
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