pulwar

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English

Etymology

From Hindi पलवार (palvār).

Noun

pulwar (plural pulwars)

  1. A keelless riverboat used in northeast India and Bangladesh, chiefly to carry cargo.
    • 2008, Amitav Ghosh, Sea of Poppies, Penguin, published 2015, page 40:
      When at sail, the Halder budgerow always towed another, smaller boat in its wake, a pulwar []

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