shigram

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Marathi शीघ्र (śīghra), from Sanskrit शीघ्र (śīghra, “quick”).

Noun

shigram (plural shigrams)

In India, a carriage drawn by animals.
- 1853, Thomas Quinney, Sketches of a soldier's life in India:
  I afterwards bought a shigram, a kind of coach usually drawn by two bullocks, and which is much used in India.

References

Henry Yule, A[rthur] C[oke] Burnell (1903) “shigram”, in William Crooke, editor, Hobson-Jobson […] , London: John Murray, […], page 827.

Anagrams

Grisham

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