Howdah Definition

houdə
noun
A seat, esp. with a canopy and railing, for riding on the back of an elephant or camel.
Webster's New World
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Singular:
howdah
Plural:
howdahs

Origin of Howdah

  • Urdu haudah from Arabic hawdaj litter, sedan chair from hadaja to shuffle along, totter hdg in Semitic roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Hindi [Devanagari?] hauda, from Arabic هودج (hawdaj, “litter carried by a camel”). (1774)

    From Wiktionary

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