abkari
/abˈkɑːri/Indian English
noun
In India: the production and sale of distilled alcoholic drinks; the duty levied on this. Also used allusively with reference to the system of managing the sale of alcohol solely through certain licensed contractors.
Origin
Late 18th century. From Urdu āb-kārī and its etymon Persian āb-kārī distillery, tax on the manufacture or sale of spirituous liquors from āb-kār distiller, wine merchant, cup-bearer + -ī, suffix forming abstract nouns.
- powderer
- powder flag
- powder flask
- powder gas
- powder gun
- powder horn
- powder hound
- powder house
- powder-hoy
- powderiness
- powdering closet
- powdering room
- powdering trough
- powdering tub
- powderise
- powderize
- powder keg
- powder-knife
- powderless
- powder-like
- Powderly, Terence Vincent
- powder magazine
- powderman
- powder metallurgical
- powder metallurgist