English
janpan
Janpan comes from Hindi झँपान.
- Hindic. 1500–presentझँपानjhãpān
- Englishearliest quotation 1859janpan
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Hindic. 1500–presentझँपानjhãpān
- Englishearliest quotation 1859janpan
Earliest quotation: 1859, John Lang, Wanderings in India - And Other Sketches of Life in Hindosta: “Oh! here comes a janpan! (a sort of sedan…”
Every English word from Hindi झँपान
Today it means
noun jampan (an open chair carried by several people).
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Hindi झँपान / janpan