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punjam

punjam is the alternative form of punjum.

Meaning of punjum

Noun

punjum (countable and uncountable, plural punjums)

  1. A kind of longcloth from India.
    • But really I have never heard that the up-country vrouwen were in such a violent hurry for baftas and punjums but what the ox-wagons and local stores there could keep them supplied.1968, R[alph] N[ixon] Currey, editor, Letters and Other Writings of a Natal Sheriff, Thomas Phipson 1815-76, Cape Town: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 171

Forms of punjam

pluralpunjams

Questions about punjam

What is punjam the alternative form of?
Punjam is the alternative form of punjum.

Words near punjam in the dictionary

  1. Punjabee
  2. Punjabees
  3. Punjabi
  4. Punjabiness
  5. Punjabis
  6. punjam
  7. punjams
  8. Punjaub
  9. Punjaubee
  10. Punjaubees
  11. Punjaubi

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Adapted from Wiktionary: punjam (page history and authors); punjum (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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