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hamal

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ha⋅mal

  [huh-mahl, -mawl]
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–noun
(in the Middle East and Orient) a porter.
Also, hammal.

Origin:
1960–65; < Ar hammāl porter, carrier, akin to hamala to carry
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ha·mal also ham·mal   (hə-mäl')   
n.  A porter or bearer in certain Muslim countries.

[Arabic ḥammāl, from ḥamala, to carry; see ḥml in Semitic roots.]
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