Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A dress for masquerading: a damino.
- noun A chest, often with an arched or convex top, and frequently covered with leather, richly carved, or otherwise ornamented.
- noun An ornamental cabinet, especially one having doors. See
cabinet . - noun In architecture: The convex crowning course of a wall or parapet.
- noun In great medieval buildings, a low wall supporting the roof behind the gutter and balustrade or parapet crowning the main walls.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun obsolete A portable
coffer orchest with a rounded lid covered in leather, garnished with nails, once used for the transport of clothes or other personal luggage. It was the originalportmanteau . - noun obsolete, architecture A dwarf-wall of plain
masonry , carrying the roof of a cathedral or church and masked or hidden behind thebalustrade .
Etymologies
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Examples
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I shouted back, and our challenger remarked that it was cold, at which the oaf Kavanaugh petrified me by suddenly bawling out: "Han, bhai, bahut nmder!"
Fiancée 2010
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Kiddo friendly..daughter too liked it gave a nice feedback..'bahut tashty banaya tuney'...secretly thanked God and Meera Aunty!
Chicken Do Pyaza Meera 2008
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"Jab paisa hai to Dal-Roti Ice-cream khayenge, jab thode paise hai to dal-roti khayenge, aur jab bahut kam hai to ek chai do vada-pav pe zindagi chalta hai".
Archive 2004-05-01 Chirayu 2004
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Whenever the song, "Woh ladki bahut yaad aati hai" plays on TV, I remember Aslambhai!
Archive 2004-05-01 Chirayu 2004
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I shouted back, and our challenger remarked that it was cold, at which the oaf Kavanaugh petrified me by suddenly bawling out: "Han, bhai, bahut nmder!"
Flashman In The Great Game Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1975
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I shouted back, and our challenger remarked that it was cold, at which the oaf Kavanaugh petrified me by suddenly bawling out: "Han, bhai, bahut nmder!"
Flashman In The Great Game Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1975
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One of the first authentic pieces of furniture is a _bahut_ or chest dating from sometime in the twelfth century and belonging to the Church of Obazine.
Furnishing the Home of Good Taste A Brief Sketch of the Period Styles in Interior Decoration with Suggestions as to Their Employment in the Homes of Today Lucy Abbot Throop
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He added: '_Sahib, ham log larai men bahut tez hain, magar jang ka bandobast nahin jante_' ( 'Sir, we can fight well, but we do not understand military arrangements').
Forty-one years in India From Subaltern To Commander-In-Chief Frederick Sleigh Roberts
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(Vers la porte, en tournant), sur le bahut énorme,
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"_Bahut, bahut salaam_, [22] Sahib!" he broke out in a tremulous fervour of gratitude.
Captain Desmond, V.C. Maud Diver 1906
qms commented on the word bahut
The restless afflicted with stray foot
Are never persuaded to stay put.
Their home is a plane,
A tour boat or train,
Their worldly goods packed in a bahut.
August 25, 2017