Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In India, a kind of sedan or open chair, swung on a pole, and carried by four bearers, in the manner of a palanquin.
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[22] _Tamjhan, thamjan_, the Anglo-Indian 'tonjon' or
Observations on the Mussulmauns of India Descriptive of Their Manners, Customs, Habits and Religious Opinions Made During a Twelve Years' Residence in Their Immediate Society Mrs. Meer Hasan Ali 1885
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