Definitions | zumbooruk |
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- A small cannon supported by a swiveled rest, especially as mounted on the back of a camel.
- 1971: It was a long one, ranging from (but I may have misremembered) antipedobaptism to the illegal importation of zumbooruks. " Anthony Burgess, M/F (Penguin 2004, p. 87)
Etymology: From Hindustani ààààààà / (URchar, ÙÙÚ) (zambÅrak) < (Pers.) (FAchar, ÙÙÚ) (zambÅrak) < (FAchar, ÙÙ) (zambÅr) "hornet" < (ARchar, ÙÙ, ÙÙÙÙÙ) (zumbÅr) "hornet".
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