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pehlwan

pehlwan is the alternative form of pehelwan.

Meaning of pehelwan

Noun

pehelwan (plural pehelwans)

  1. (India) A wrestler.
    • Take these two pehelwans and take sticks and kill all the snakes in this compound. I don't want to see any of these creatures alive on my lands.2001, Ashok Singh, The Snake God, page 258

Forms of pehlwan

pluralpehlwans

Questions about pehlwan

What is pehlwan the alternative form of?
Pehlwan is the alternative form of pehelwan.

Words near pehlwan in the dictionary

  1. pehlevis
  2. pehlivan
  3. pehlivans
  4. Pehls
  5. Pehlvi
  6. pehlwan
  7. pehlwans
  8. PEHO syndrome
  9. Pehrson
  10. Pehrsons
  11. pehs

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