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English
Etymology
From Hindustani ��न�नाथ / URchar|جگ�اتھ|جگ��اتھ (jagann�th), former name of w:Puri|Puri in India, where the material came from. Compare juggernaut.

Pronunciation
IPA|/�ʤæk�nɪt/

Noun
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1. A type of cotton cloth, especially as dyed and waterproofed.

#*1979: It really was beautifully executed, more like a forgery than a copy, for the copyist had laid it down on a jaconet backing and had even added a cachet de vente, a couple of collectors' marks and a museum reference numer. � Kyril Bonfiglioli, After You with the Pistol (Penguin 2001, p. 321)

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Category:Hindi derivations

fa:jaconet
io:jaconet
ru:jaconet
te:jaconet
vi:jaconet
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