shibar

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

shibar (plural shibars)

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

Alternative forms[edit]

shibbar

References[edit]

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

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