abkari

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English

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Etymology

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From Persian آبکاری (âbkâri), from آبکار (âbkâr).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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abkari (countable and uncountable, plural abkaris)

  1. (India) The manufacture or sale of liquors or drugs.
  2. (India) A revenue tax on the manufacture or sale of liquors and drugs.[1]

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References

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  1. ^ Philip Babcock Gove (editor), Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (G. & C. Merriam Co., 1976 [1909], →ISBN), page 4

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