Definition of Jamdanis

1. Noun. (plural of jamdani) ¹

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Definition of Jamdanis

1. jamdani [n] - See also: jamdani

Lexicographical Neighbors of Jamdanis

jamborees
jamborette
jamborettes
jamborite
jambosa
jambs
jambu
jambul
jambuls
jambus
jambuster
jambusters
jamdanee
jamdanees
jamdani
jamdanis (current term)
jameed
james's powder
jameses
jamesite
jamesonite
jamesonites
jamestown weed
jamjar
jamjars
jamless
jamlike
jammable
jammed
jammer

Literary usage of Jamdanis

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Zanzibar: City, Island, and Coast by Richard Francis Burton (1872)
"As presents to the native chiefs who might entertain us, we took 20 jamdanis, or sprigged muslin for turbans ($15); a score of embroidered Surat caps ..."

2. The Western Rajputana States: A Medico-topographical and General Account of by Archibald Adams (1899)
"... blankets, turbans, dyed and printed cloth, and jamdanis. Some of the outlying and backward parganas of ..."

3. Histoire générale de l'Inde ancienne et moderne, depuis Pan 2000 avant J. C by J [Lacroix] de Marlès (1828)
"... brochés à fleurs blanches ou de couleur; on les appelle jamdanis. On les fabrique principalement à ..."

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