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pattemar

pattemar is the alternative form of patamar.

Meaning of patamar

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.

Forms of pattemar

pluralpattemars

Questions about pattemar

What is pattemar the alternative form of?
Pattemar is the alternative form of patamar.

Words near pattemar in the dictionary

  1. Pattees
  2. pattel
  3. pattello
  4. pattelloes
  5. pattels
  6. pattemar
  7. pattemars
  8. patten
  9. Pattenden
  10. Pattendens
  11. pattened

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pattemar (page history and authors); patamar (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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