jampan
(Malaysia, chiefly, _, historical) , a kind of enclosed litter, principally for women.
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(Malaysia, chiefly, _, historical) , a kind of enclosed litter, principally for women.
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(India, chiefly, _, historical) A jampan-bearer.
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A historical Indian term for a bearer of a jampan — a type of mountain chair or palanquin carried on poles by porters, widely used in hilly regions of colonial India. Jampani specifically refers to one of the men carrying the jampan. The term is now obsolete outside historical contexts but appears in colonial-era literature about India, particularly accounts of travel in hill stations like Shimla and Darjeeling.
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