jampan en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈdʒampan/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˈdʒhaːmpaːn/ (India)
- /ˈdʒæmˌpæn/ (General-American)
Etymology
From Hindi झँपान (jhãpān) and Bengali.
Meanings
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(India, historical) Synonym of dandy or tonjon, a kind of open sedan chair, particularly one with its main pole suspended from smaller poles borne on the shoulders of two pairs of porters.
At a hill-station ladies are carried in jampans, which are open doolies.
1887, John Cookson Fife-Cookson, Tiger-Shooting in the Doon and Ulwar..., page 139:
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(Malaysia, historical) Synonym of mihaffa, a kind of enclosed litter, principally for women.
... we find in Crawfurd's Malay Dict. "Jampana... a kind of litter"... It may have been originally in India, as it is now in the Straits, a closed litter for ladies of rank, and the word may have become appropriated to the open conveyance in which European ladies are carried.
1886, Henry Yule & al., Hobson-Jobson..., s.v. "Jompon"
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| jompon | alternative | lexicographic | |
| jampona | alternative | lexicographic | |
| jaumpaun | alternative | lexicographic | |
| jampana | alternative | lexicographic | |
| chumpala | alternative | lexicographic | |
| jampans | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| jempana | alternative | lexicographic | |
| janpan | alternative | lexicographic | |
| chumpaun | alternative | lexicographic | |
| sampan | alternative | lexicographic | |
| jampot | alternative | lexicographic | |
| djempana | alternative | lexicographic | |
| sempana | alternative | lexicographic | |
| jampaun | alternative | lexicographic | |
| jhampan | alternative | lexicographic | |
| jhappan | alternative | lexicographic |
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Translations (2)
pl dżampan (Translations) · hi झँपान (Translations)