tonjon means an open sedan chair raised on single poles front and back. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.
tonjon is pronounced /ˈtɑnˌdʒɑn/.
Etymology
From Hindi तामजान (tāmjān).
noun
- An open sedan chair raised on single poles front and back.“The old tonjons were still to be seen in the basement at Barrackpore some years before my time, but when I enquired for them, they had disappeared.”