abkari

abkari

English

Alternative forms

• abkary, abcaree

Etymology

From Persian آبکاری‎ (ābkārī), from آبکار‎ (ābkār).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ɑb.ˈkɑɹ.i/

Noun

abkari (countable and uncountable, plural abkaris)

1. (India) The manufacture or sale of liquors or drugs.
2. (India) A revenue tax on the manufacture or sale of liquors and drugs.[1]

Translations

tax on the manufacture or sale of liquors and drugs in India

Portuguese: abcári m

References

1. Philip Babcock Gove (editor), Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (G. & C. Merriam Co., 1976 [1909], →ISBN), page 4

Anagrams

• Akbari, Kariba