zamorin

noun

zam·​o·​rin

variants or less commonly zamorine

¦zamə¦rēn

plural -s

: the Hindu sovereign of Calicut and surrounding territory

Word History

Etymology

Portuguese samorim, from Malayalam sāmūri, from sāmudri lord of the sea, from Sanskrit samudra ocean, from sam together + -udra (akin to Sanskrit udan water)

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