shibar

English

Etymology

Perhaps from Persian [Term?] (literally “royal-carrier”).

Noun

shibar (plural shibars)

1. (India, obsolete) A kind of coasting vessel, sometimes described as a great patamar.

Alternative forms

• shibbar

References

• Henry Yule, A[rthur] C[oke] Burnell (1903) “shibar”, in William Crooke, editor, Hobson-Jobson […] , London: John Murray, […].