tonjon
US/ˈtɑnˌdʒɑn/
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India/ˈʈɔnˌdʒɔn/
tonjon noun: an open sedan chair raised on single poles front and back.
Noun
tonjon (plural tonjons)
- An open sedan chair raised on single poles front and back.
- The old tonjons were still to be seen in the basement at Barrackpore some years before my time, but when I enquired for them, they had disappeared.1925, George Nathaniel Curzon, British Government in India, volume II, page 21
- The equivalent for the men-folk, apart from those who rode on horse-back was the tonjon, which was a kind of open chair with poles extending at the back and front and carried by four coolies in the same way as the palki... The tonjon went out of use many year ago.1931 June, Frank E. Bushby, "Old-Time Conveyances in Calcutta", Bengal Past & Present, Vol. XLI, Nos. 81–82, p. 139
- Synonyms:
- jampan
tonjon meaning in Hindi and Telugu
tonjon in Hindi
- Translations
- तामजान tāmjān
tonjon in Telugu
- Translations
- నాలకీ nālakī
Synonyms of tonjon
Forms of tonjon
| plural | tonjons |
|---|---|
| alternative form | tomjohn |
| alternative form | tamjan |
Origin of tonjon
From Hindi तामजान (tāmjān).
Questions about tonjon
- What does tonjon mean?
- Tonjon means an open sedan chair raised on single poles front and back.
- What is tonjon in Hindi?
- Tonjon in Hindi is तामजान (tāmjān). See Tonjon meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is tonjon?
- Tonjon is a noun.
- How do you pronounce tonjon?
- Tonjon is pronounced /ˈtɑnˌdʒɑn/ (US).
- What is the plural of tonjon?
- The plural of tonjon is tonjons.
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