bocha

Definitions

A two-door sedan chair.

India, historical

Equivalents

Examples

“When the compilation by Williamson was first examined in order⟳ to correct⟳ his vulgar mode of spelling Hindoostanee words, a good while since, the number⟳ seemed so formidable, that innovation, even from a wrong system to a right one, was then indefinitely suspended; but... it would be unjust to postpone⟳ emendation any farther... incorrect... bochah,... correct⟳... bocha.”

“Sir Salar Jung was proceeding to the palace of the Nizam on his bocha, a sort⟳ of state palanquin, in order⟳ to be present⟳ at the customary Eed durbar... when two shots in rapid succession were fired.”

“[…] the Amir-i-Kabir, seated in a "Bocha" (palanquin), had also arrived at the gate of the Royal Palace […]”

“[…] the bocha, the chair-palanquin […]”

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