ˈäbˌkär noun
( -s )
Etymology: Persian ābkār, from āb water, liquid (from Old Persian āpi- ) + -kār doer (from Middle Persian); akin to Avestan āfsh (accusative singular āpəm ) water, Sanskrit ap-, Lithuanian ùpė, Old Prussian ape river, Greek Apia Peloponnesus and to Sanskrit kāra doing — more at karma
India : a wine seller : distiller ; also : one whose trade is subject to abkari tax