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单词 khansamah
释义

khansamah

English

Alternative forms

  • khansama
  • khansaman

Etymology

From Urdu خانسامان, from خان (master) + سامان (household goods).

Noun

khansamah (plural khansamahs)

  1. (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.
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