jugaad

jugaad
 n.— «In India, one vehicle is called the “jugaad” which literally translates as a “put-together contraption that moves.”» —“Ingenious ‘jugaad’ vehicles are an integral part of rural Indian economy” by Vaibhav Varma Channel NewsAsia (Singapore) Mar. 20, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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