abkar
noun
ab·kar
ˈäbˌkär
plural -s
India
: a wine seller : distiller
also : one whose trade is subject to abkari tax
Word History
Etymology
Persian ābkār, from āb "water, liquid" (from Old Persian āpi-) + -kār "doer" (from Middle Persian); akin to Avestan āfsh (accusative singular āpəm) "water," Sanskrit ap-, Lithuanian ùpė, Old Prussian ape "river," Greek Apia "Peloponnesus" and to Sanskrit kāra "doing"
First Known Use
1825, in the meaning defined above