[], (Noun)

Definitions:
- Originally: an Indian dispatch boat. Subsequently: a fast-sailing lateen-rigged vessel, with up to three masts, used on the west coast of India for trading.


Phrases:

Origin:
late 16th century (in an earlier sense). From Portuguese patamar, apparently from Marathi pattevār letter from pattā information + Persian -vār containing, possessing (perhaps influenced by local colloquial form *pattemār or *pattāmār); compare Konkani pathmār courier, Marathi patemārī dispatch boat (goes to Gujarati phatemārī, Malayalam pattimāri), which are perhaps from Portuguese