howdah
/ˈhaʊdə/noun
howdah is spelled H-O-W-D-A-H: 6 letters. It appears about once in every 38 million words in written English, the 189,524th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, howdah means “A seat, usually with a canopy, carried on the back of an elephant or camel” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of howdah is howdahs.
How many letters and syllables are in howdah?
| Letters | 6: H-O-W-D-A-H |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 38 million words; the 189,524th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is howdah?
Howdah appears about once in every 38 million words in written English, the 189,524th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce howdah?
- /ˈhaʊdə/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-howdah.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of howdah
- howdahs plural
- houdah
- howda
- howder
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does howdah mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A seat, usually with a canopy, carried on the back of an elephant or camel.
- 2
An ornate carriage which is positioned on the back of elephants or occasionally other animals, used most often in the past for rich people who travelled in India via elephant.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does howdah come from?
From Hindi हौदा (haudā), from Arabic هَوْدَج (hawdaj, “litter carried by a camel”) (1774).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).