gomashta
English edit
Alternative forms edit
- gomasta, gomushta, gomusta, gumasta, gumashta, gumusta, gomashtah, gomastah, gomustah, gumastah, gumashtah, gumustah
Etymology edit
From Hindi [Term?], Urdu [Term?], from Persian گماشته (“appointed, delegated”).
Noun edit
gomashta (plural gomashtas)
- (India, now historical) A native Indian clerk or steward.
- 2005, Mike Dash, Thug, Granta, published 2006, page 142:
- But the gomashta now realized that there were other ways of obtaining reparation - and also making money for himself.
- 2008, Amitav Ghosh, Sea of Poppies, Penguin, published 2015:
- This met with no response and nor did the gomusta require any.