tankah

noun

variants or tanka or less commonly tangka

plural tankahs or tankas also tangkas

: a formerly used silver coin of India corresponding to the rupee

Word History

First Known Use

1841, in the meaning defined above

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Rhymes for tankah

• banca
• tanka