abwab
noun
ab·wab
əbˈwäb
plural -s
India
: any of various fines, cesses, or imposts levied by a native chief upon a landowner or subject
Word History
Etymology
Hindi abwāb, from Arabic, doors, sources of public revenue, plural of bāb door
First Known Use
1782, in the meaning defined above
- knights of the pestle
- knights of the post
- knights of the road
- knights of the round table
- knights of the shire
- knights of the sword
- knights of the temple
- knights templar
- knights templars
- knights-companions
- knights-errant
- kniphofia
- kniphofiae
- kniphofias
- knish
- knishes
- Knisteneaux
- knit
- knit goods
- knit one's brow
- knit one's brow/brows
- knit one's brows
- knit stitch
- knit up
- knitback