Dictionary entry

Hamal

Webster's Dictionary 1913

‖Ha‐mal″ (?), n. [Written also hammal, hummaul, hamaul, khamal, etc.] [Turk. & Ar. hammāl, fr. Ar. hamala to carry.] In Turkey and other Oriental countries, a porter or burden bearer; specif., in Western India, a palanquin bearer.