khansamah
English
Alternative forms
- khansama
- khansaman
Etymology
From Urdu خانسامان, from خان (“master”) + سامان (“household goods”).
Noun
khansamah (plural khansamahs)
- (East India) A house-steward or native servant, being in charge of the kitchen and the food supplies.
- 1888, Rudyard Kipling, ‘My Own True Ghost Story’, The Phantom ’Rickshaw and Other Tales, Folio Society 2005, p. 105:
- The day shut in and the khansamah went to get me food.
- 1888, Rudyard Kipling, ‘My Own True Ghost Story’, The Phantom ’Rickshaw and Other Tales, Folio Society 2005, p. 105: