curnum

English

Alternative forms

kurnum

Etymology

Borrowed from Telugu కరణము (karaṇamu).

Noun

curnum (plural curnums)

(India, obsolete) A village accountant or town clerk.

Related terms

conicopoly

References

Henry Yule, A[rthur] C[oke] Burnell (1903) “curnum”, in William Crooke, editor, Hobson-Jobson […] , London: John Murray, […].

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