jampani

English

A European woman borne by four jampanis (1905)

Alternative forms

• jampanee (dated)

Etymology

From Hindi and Bengali.

Noun

jampani (plural jampanis)

1. (India, chiefly historical) A jampan-bearer.

Hypernyms

• porter

References

• “jampanee, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.