هودج

Etymology
origin, natively associated with with the senses of taking short steps, to waver when one walks, to walk like an elder person, to walk like one carrying a burden; a reference to a camel's strain.

Possibly under influence of, from ; cognate to Modern and 🇨🇬 and 🇨🇬.

Compare also, , which form passed into 🇨🇬 and is itself from , to illustrate matching and influence of saddle terms in the region.

Noun

 * 1) camel litter, howdah
 * 2) sedan chair, litter