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noun
A boxy building with twelve doors designed for free flow of air and excellent acoustics; similar buildings and pavilions with similar sets of openings.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: South-Asia
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noun
A palanquin with twelve openings, including entryways and windows; similar palanquins with similar sets of openings.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: South-Asia, historical
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noun
A system of social strata that dictate political alliances among South Asian Muslims.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: South-Asia, countable, uncountable
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History
From Hindi बारादरी (bārādrī) and Urdu بارہ دری (bārɘdɘrī), from बारह (bārah) and بارہ (bārā, bārah, “twelve”) + दर (dar) and دَر (dar, “door”).
From Persian برادری (barâdari, “brotherhood”), from برادر (barâdar, “brother”) + ـی (-i, “-y, -hood”), q.v.
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