Jampan
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈdʒæmˌpæn/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Jampan is a noun meaning (Malaysia, chiefly historical) Synonym of mihaffa, a kind of enclosed litter, principally for women.
Meaning
(Malaysia, chiefly historical) Synonym of mihaffa, a kind of enclosed litter, principally for women.
More Meanings
- (India, chiefly historical) Synonym of dandy or tonjon, a kind of open sedan chair, particularly one with its main pole suspended from smaller poles borne on the shoulders of two pairs of porters.
Example Sentences
At a hill-station ladies are carried in jampans, which are open doolies.
... we find in Crawfurd's Malay Dict. "Jampana... a kind of litter"... It may have been originally in India, as it is now in the Straits, a closed litter for ladies of rank, and the word may have become appropriated to the open conveyance in which European ladies are carried.
Word Forms
- jampans
- jampana
- jampona
- jampaun
- jampot
Synonyms for jampan
Depending on context, synonyms include mihaffa.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include jampaun, jhappan, jompon, jaumpaun, chumpaun, chumpala.
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