charpoy

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char·poy

(chär′poi′)

A bed consisting of a wooden frame strung with interlaced cords or webbing, used chiefly in South Asia.

[Hindi cārpāī and Urdu čārpā'ī, both from Persian cār-pāy, bedstead : cār-, four (from Old Iranian cathru-, four; see k^wetwer- in Indo-European roots) + pāy, foot (from Middle Persian pāy); see ped- in Indo-European roots.]

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charpoy

(ˈtʃɑːpɔɪ) or

charpai

(Furniture) a bedstead of woven webbing or hemp stretched on a wooden frame on four legs, common in India

[C19: from Urdu cārpāī]

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char•poy

(ˈtʃɑrˈpɔɪ)

also char•pai

(-ˈpaɪ)

n., pl. -poys also -pais.

a light bedstead used in India.

[1835–45; < Urdu chārpāi < Persian]

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Mian Tabbu Khan Daha, an expert in weaving charpoy with ropes, recalled that he used to weave four to five charpoys in a day in past but now he was weaving one or two charpoi per day.

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According to The Times, both who are tipped to be future prime ministers of their respective countries, will spend their time in Amethi eating with their hands and sleeping on charpoys (wooden bed frames strung with rope).