khaln.
/kɑːl/ India.
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1903 Jrnl. Trop. Med. 6 200/2 This [sc. the anahar plant] is steeped in the big khal at Ishapur, and during the fermenting stage mosquitoes are generated very plentifully.
1904 A. Knox Gloss. Geogr. & Topogr. Terms 193 Khal (Bengali), a creek.
1958 N. Ahmad Econ. Geogr. E. Pakistan i. i. 15 The upper part of the plain between the Garai-Madhumati and the Padma,..is full of rivers, streams, and khals of various sizes.
1958 N. Ahmad Econ. Geogr. E. Pakistan i. i. 338 Khāl, narrow natural channel of water.
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