khitmatgar

English

Alternative forms

khedmutgar, khedmatgar, khidmatgar, khidmutgar, khitmutgar, kitmagar, khitmagar, kismutgar, kistmutgar, kitmuddar, kitmutgar, kitmutgaur

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindustani ख़िदमतगार / خدمتگار‎ (xidmatgār), from Classical Persian ‎ (xidmatgār).

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈkɪtmətɡɑː/, /ˈkid-/

Noun

khitmatgar (plural khitmatgars)

(British India, South Asia) A male servant, with responsibility for waiting at table.
Synonym: khit
- 1808–10, William Hickey, Memoirs of a Georgian Rake, Folio Society 1995, p. 384:
  I found her closely locked in the arms of a handsome lad, one of my kitmuddars, with the infant by her side, all three being in a deep sleep, from which I awakened the two elders.
- 1888, Rudyard Kipling, ‘The Arrest of Lieutenant Golightly’, Plain Tales from the Hills, Folio 2005, p. 94:
  He did not know then that his khitmatgar had stopped by the roadside to get drunk, and would come on the next day saying that he had sprained his ankle.
- 1983, Lawrence Durrell, Sebastian, Faber & Faber 2004 (Avignon Quintet), p. 1108:
  ‘The Ambassador to Bangalore appeared before me dressed in the robes of a khitmagar or majordomo.’

单词	khitmatgar
释义	khitmatgar English Alternative forms khedmutgar, khedmatgar, khidmatgar, khidmutgar, khitmutgar, kitmagar, khitmagar, kismutgar, kistmutgar, kitmuddar, kitmutgar, kitmutgaur Etymology Borrowed from Hindustani ख़िदमतगार / خدمتگار‎ (xidmatgār), from Classical Persian ‎ (xidmatgār). Pronunciation (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈkɪtmətɡɑː/, /ˈkid-/ Noun khitmatgar (plural khitmatgars) (British India, South Asia) A male servant, with responsibility for waiting at table. Synonym: khit 1808–10, William Hickey, Memoirs of a Georgian Rake, Folio Society 1995, p. 384: I found her closely locked in the arms of a handsome lad, one of my kitmuddars, with the infant by her side, all three being in a deep sleep, from which I awakened the two elders. 1888, Rudyard Kipling, ‘The Arrest of Lieutenant Golightly’, Plain Tales from the Hills, Folio 2005, p. 94: He did not know then that his khitmatgar had stopped by the roadside to get drunk, and would come on the next day saying that he had sprained his ankle. 1983, Lawrence Durrell, Sebastian, Faber & Faber 2004 (Avignon Quintet), p. 1108: ‘The Ambassador to Bangalore appeared before me dressed in the robes of a khitmagar or majordomo.’
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