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pattimar

pattimar 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 pattimar

pluralpattimars

Questions about pattimar

What is pattimar the alternative form of?
Pattimar is the alternative form of patamar.

Words near pattimar in the dictionary

  1. pattidars
  2. pattie
  3. patties
  4. Pattillo
  5. Pattillos
  6. pattimar
  7. pattimars
  8. pattin'
  9. patting
  10. patting down
  11. patting on the back

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pattimar (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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