Palm leaves or thatch made from palm fronds, used for roofing or wall covering in South Asian architecture.
From Hindi/Urdu khajarī or similar terms for palm materials. Entered English through British colonial contact in India.
Cadjan roofing shows how colonial English borrowed entire architecture concepts—British officials in India found these palm-leaf structures so practical they adopted the word itself.
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