dhenkli

Borrowed from Hindi ढेंकली (ḍhẽklī). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

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dhenkli (plural dhenklis)

1. Synonym of shadoof

• H. H. Wilson (1855) “dhenkli”, in A Glossary of Judicial and Revenue Terms: […] , W. H. Allen & Co., →OCLC, page 138