Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Same as puteli.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A large flat-bottomed trading boat peculiar to the river Ganges; -- called also puteli.

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  • noun A large flat-bottomed trading boat peculiar to the river Ganges in India.

Etymologies

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Hindi

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  • We're told it's heading then to the Mediterranean and points unknown with 25,000 troops in its entire patela (ph).

    CNN Transcript Sep 20, 2001 2001

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