sukhpal

English

Etymology

From Hindi सुखपाल (sukhpāl).

Noun

sukhpal (plural sukhpals)

1. Synonym of chowpaul.
   • 1939, Henry Beveridge translating Abu al-Fazl ibn-Mubarak as The Akbarnāma of of Abu'l Fazl, Vol. III, Pt. 1, p. 341:

     H.M. was in a litter (sukhpāl), and holding communion with his God. By the blessing of the shadow of the blessing of the Shāhinshāh no harm happened to his followers in that unprotected plain.

   • 1976, Tapan Ghosh, The Adventures of Shivaji, page 140:

     Next came a domeshaped sukhpal (palanquin), its silver plated pole being borne by eight sturdy troopers wearing red flowing kurtas, silk kamarbunds, and silk dungarees.