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shigram

shigram noun: in India, a carriage drawn by animals.

Noun

shigram (plural shigrams)

  1. In India, a carriage drawn by animals.
    • I afterwards bought a shigram, a kind of coach usually drawn by two bullocks, and which is much used in India.1853, Thomas Quinney, Sketches of a soldier's life in India

Forms of shigram

pluralshigrams

Origin of shigram

Borrowed from Marathi शीघ्र (śīghra), from Sanskrit शीघ्र (śīghra, “quick”).

Questions about shigram

What does shigram mean?
Shigram means in India, a carriage drawn by animals.
What part of speech is shigram?
Shigram is a noun.
What is the plural of shigram?
The plural of shigram is shigrams.

Words near shigram in the dictionary

  1. shigging
  2. shiggle
  3. shiggles
  4. shiggy diggy
  5. Shigotizh
  6. shigram
  7. shigrampo
  8. shigrampoes
  9. shigrampos
  10. shigrams
  11. shigs

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