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Ayah

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ayatnounAlternative form of ayah (“verse of the Quran”). [A South Asian female servant, maid or nanny, historically, often one working for Europeans in South Asia.]
wallahnoun(North India) A servant or other person responsible for something, often specified before it, for example kitchen wallah.
chokrinoun(India) A young maidservant.
kansamanounAlternative form of khansamah. [(East India) A house-steward or native servant, being in charge of the kitchen and the food supplies.]
tawaifnoun(South Asia, historical) A professional courtesan serving the nobility, especially under the Mughal Empire; (derogatory)
sahibahnoun(India, archaic) A lady; a mistress; a female superior (used as a term of respect).
amlahnoun(India, historical) A court official in India.
khansamahnoun(East India) A house-steward or native servant, being in charge of the kitchen and the food supplies.
hajjahnounA female hajji.
memsahibnoun(India, historical, as a respectful term of address) A white European woman in colonial India.
almehnounAlternative form of almah. [An Egyptian female singer or dancing-girl used for entertainment; sometimes a prostitute.]
kansamahnounAlternative form of khansamah. [(East India) A house-steward or native servant, being in charge of the kitchen and the food supplies.]
sahibanounAlternative form of sahibah. [(India, archaic) A lady; a mistress; a female superior (used as a term of respect).]
aheernounAlternative form of Ahir. [A member of a clan or community, mostly in northern India, whose traditional occupations are cattle-herding and agriculture, and many of whom identify themselves as Yadav.]
khansamanounAlternative form of khansamah. [(East India) A house-steward or native servant, being in charge of the kitchen and the food supplies.]
almenounAlternative form of almah. [An Egyptian female singer or dancing-girl used for entertainment; sometimes a prostitute.]
wallanounA surname.
khansamannounAlternative form of khansamah. [(East India) A house-steward or native servant, being in charge of the kitchen and the food supplies.]
consumahnounObsolete form of khansamah. [(East India) A house-steward or native servant, being in charge of the kitchen and the food supplies.]
sarafnounA provider of financial services in the Middle East and in South Asia, especially (historical) during the early modern and colonial period.

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