pehelwan

English

Etymology

Hindi पहलवान (pahalvān)

Noun

pehelwan (plural pehelwans)

  1. (India) A wrestler.
    • 2001, Ashok Singh, The Snake God, page 258:
      Take these two pehelwans and take sticks and kill all the snakes in this compound. I don't want to see any of these creatures alive on my lands.
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