Bundook

/bʊnˈduːk/ noun

A rifle or musket, from Hindi; a gun used in colonial India and represented in Anglo-Indian vocabulary.

From Hindi 'bunduk' meaning 'rifle' or 'musket,' adopted into Anglo-Indian military vocabulary during the British Raj in India.

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