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Bora2|bɒˈrɑː|
Also bor(r)ah.
[Hindi bohrā.]
A Muslim trader. Also attrib.
1698Fryer Acc. E. India & P. 93 Schisms they have made, as Bilhim, Jemottee, and the lowest of all is Borrah. 1812M. Graham Jrnl. Res. India 33 The inside of a Borah's box is like that of an English country shop. 1863G. P. Badger in J. W. Jones tr. Varthema's Travels p. xlix, A considerable trade is still carried on, chiefly by Borah merchants of Guzerat and Cutch. 1876Encycl. Brit. IV. 537/1 Borás, a class of commercial Mahometans. |