zamburak

noun /ˈzʌmbʊɹʌk/

1. A small cannon supported by a swiveled rest, especially as mounted on the back of a camel.

   Sadat Khan was drawn to an ambush about three to four miles east of the Mughal camp at a place known as Kunjpura where 3,000 Persian cavalry with a large number of zamburaks had prepared an ambush.

Where it comes from

From Hindi ज़ंबूरक (zambūrak) / Urdu زنبورک (zambūrak), from Classical Persian زنبورک (zanbūrak), from زنبور (zanbūr, “hornet”), from Arabic زُنْبُور (zunbūr, “hornet”).

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry zamburak (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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