charpoy

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Definition of charpoy in English English dictionary

A type of common bedstead in India

There, every morning, tens of thousands of young men sit in the tea shops, reading the newspaper, or lie on a charpoy humming a tune, or sit in their rooms talking to a photo of a film actress.

Hyphenation

char·poy

Etymology

() From Urdu چارپای, from Persian چهارپای (“four-footed”).