oont

Jun. 9th, 2017 07:48 am
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oont (OONT) - n., (Anglo-Indian, Australia) (coll.) a camel.


Apparently sometimes with the connotation of an attractive camel. Borrowed in the early 18th century from Hindi ū̃ṭ, from Sanskrit uṣṭra, camel.

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