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English
Noun
hardim (plural hardims)
- (obsolete) Synonym of stellion (a kind of lizard)
1888, John Sterling Kingsley, The Riverside Natural History, volume 3, page 414:The hardims are of an olive-green color shaded with black, and below a pale yellow.
1898, John George Wood, Animate Creation: Popular Edition of "Our Living World," a Natural History, volume 5:The Stellio, sometimes called the Hardim by the Arabs, is a well-known Lizard inhabiting Northern Africa, Syria, and Greece.
Anagrams
Dumi
Etymology
Borrowed from Bhojpuri or Maithili (compare Sanskrit हरिद्रा (haridrā), Punjabi ਹਲਦੀ (haldī)) + Dumi noun suffix -m.
Noun
hardim
- turmeric root
References
- George van Driem, A Grammar of Dumi