pulwar
nounEtymology From Hindi पलवार (palvār).
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A keelless riverboat used in northeast India and Bangladesh, chiefly to carry cargo.
- When at sail, the Halder budgerow always towed another, smaller boat in its wake, a pulwar […]2008, Amitav Ghosh, Sea of Poppies, Penguin, published 2015, page 40: