curnum

English

Alternative forms

• kurnum

Etymology

Borrowed from Telugu కరణము (karaṇamu).

Noun

curnum (plural curnums)

1. (India, obsolete) A village accountant or town clerk.

Related terms

• conicopoly

References

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