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patamar

patamar noun: a sailing vessel resembling a grab, formerly used in the coasting trade of Bombay and Ceylon (now Sri Lanka).

Noun

patamar (plural patamars)

  1. A sailing vessel resembling a grab, formerly used in the coasting trade of Bombay and Ceylon (now Sri Lanka).
    • In may 1831, I proceeded from Bombay to Panoovellee in a small Patamar, I sailed in the afternoon and arrived there before day break, I paid for the whole Patamar five Rupees, but a boat usually sails every day from Bombay to Panoovellee at the cost of a quarter of a Rupee for each person, […]1832, David D'Beth Hillel, The Travels of Rabbi David D'Beth Hillel: From Jerusalem, Through Arabia, Koordistan, Part of Persia, and India to Madras, page 138
  2. (India, historical) A courier or messenger travelling on foot.

patamar meaning in Marathi and Malayalam

patamar in Marathi

patamar, a sailing vessel
पतेमारी patemārī

patamar in Malayalam

a patamar
പത്തേമാരി pattēmāri

Forms of patamar

pluralpatamars
alternative formpatimar
alternative formpattamar
alternative formpattemar
alternative formpattimar

Origin of patamar

Borrowed from Portuguese patamar.

Questions about patamar

What does patamar mean?
Patamar means a sailing vessel resembling a grab, formerly used in the coasting trade of Bombay and Ceylon (now Sri Lanka).
What is patamar in Marathi?
Patamar in Marathi is पतेमारी (patemārī). See Patamar meaning in Marathi.
What part of speech is patamar?
Patamar is a noun.
What is the plural of patamar?
The plural of patamar is patamars.

Words near patamar in the dictionary

  1. Pataky
  2. Patakys
  3. Patalano
  4. Patalanos
  5. Patalpani
  6. patamar
  7. patamars
  8. Patan
  9. patana
  10. patanas
  11. Patane

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: patamar (page history and authors); पतेमारी (Marathi) (page history and authors); പത്തേമാരി (Malayalam) (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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