A variant spelling of ambari, referring to an Indian covered carriage or sedan chair used for transporting people of rank or status.
An alternative spelling of 'ambari,' showing the different ways English writers attempted to transliterate the Hindi/Sanskrit word during the colonial period.
Spelling variations like 'ambary' versus 'ambari' versus 'ambaree' show us how messy language adoption was in the colonial era—English speakers kept trying different spellings until the most common versions eventually became standardized.
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