pulwar

English

Etymology

Hindi पलवार (palvār)

Noun

pulwar (plural pulwars)

1. A keelless riverboat used in northeast India and Bangladesh, chiefly to carry cargo. [from 18th c.]
   • 2008, Amitav Ghosh, Sea of Poppies, Penguin, published 2015, page 40:

     When at sail, the Halder budgerow always towed another, smaller boat in its wake, a pulwar […]

Alternative forms

• palwar, polwar, pulwaar, pulwah