adawlut

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindustani عدالت / अदालत (adālat), from Classical Persian ('adālat).

Noun

adawlut (plural adawluts)

(British India) A court of justice.

References

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

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