Definition of "jhoom" []

• A system of cultivation used in India, especially on the eastern frontier of Bengal, in which a tract of forest or jungle is cleared by fire, cultivated for a year or two, and then abandoned for a new tract. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "Remember Kajol in a red dress, after she chugged a bottle of cognac and ran around Switzerland singing "Zara sa jhoom loon mein" ...."
• "ALLAHABAD: The lilting tune of ` Aaya Saawan jhoom ke 'during the"
• "ALLAHABAD: The lilting tune of ` Aaya Saawan jhoom ke 'during the monsoons has been replaced this year by ` Gaya Saawan ghoom ke'."