hummal

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Arabic حَمَّال (ḥammāl).

Noun[edit]

hummal (plural hummals)

(India, archaic) A porter.

Alternative forms[edit]

hamal, hamaul, hammal, hummaul

Further reading[edit]

Henry Yule, A[rthur] C[oke] Burnell (1903) “HUMMAUL”, in William Crooke, editor, Hobson-Jobson […] , London: John Murray, […], page 429.

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