khitmatgar

khitmatgar: noun /ˈkɪdmətɡɑː/

A male servant in India, with responsibility for waiting at table.

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.

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khitmatgar — khit·mat·gar … English syllables
khitmatgar — noun see khidmatgar … Useful english dictionary
Khudai Khidmatgar — ( ps. خدای خدمتگار) literally translates as the servants of God . It represented a non violent freedom struggle against the British Empire by the Pashtuns (also known as Pathans, Pakhtuns or Afghans) of the North West Frontier Province. The… … Wikipedia
Ghaffar Khan, Abdul — ▪ Pashtun leader born 1890, Utmanzai, India died Jan. 20, 1988, Peshawar, Pak. the foremost 20th century leader of the Pashtuns (Pashtun) (Pakhtuns, or Pathans; a Muslim ethnic group of Pakistan and Afghanistan), who became a follower of… … Universalium
khidmatgar — /kid meuht gahr /, n. (in India) a waiter. Also, khidmutgar, khitmatgar, khitmutgar /kit meuht gahr /. [1755 65; < Urdu < Pers, equiv. to khidmat service ( < Ar khidmah) + gar agent suffix] * * * … Universalium
Red Shirt Movement — ▪ Indian nationalist movement byname of Khudai Khitmatgar (Persian: “Servants of God”), an action in support of the Indian National Congress started by Abdul Ghaffar Khan (Ghaffar Khan, Abdul) of the North West Frontier Province of India… … Universalium

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