As a Hindi name
झामर · adj
मलिन । साँवला । झाँवर — Śabdasāgara
झामर · jhāmar · s.m.
A small whetstone (such as is used by housewives for sharpening their spindles, needles, &c.) — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 401
झामर · jhāmar · s.f.
Marshy land, swamp ( = jhāwar, jhābar) — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 401
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a small whetstone (used for sharpening spindles, needles, &c.)
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jhāmara m. a small whetstone (used for sharpening spindles, needles, &c.), L.
jhāmara m. (-raḥ) A small whetstone, used chiefly by housewives for sharpening their spindles, needles, &c. E. jhāma eating, wearing away, from jhama to eat, affix ghañ, and ra what gets, from rā with ḍa aff.
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