hummal

English

Etymology

From Arabic حَمَّال (ḥammāl).

Noun

hummal (plural hummals)

1. (India, archaic) A porter.

Alternative forms

• hamal, hamaul, hammal, hummaul

Further reading

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