gomashta

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A native Indian clerk or steward. India,historical
    — In Bengal, and particularly among the English, the word gomastah is confined, in a partial sense, to those Hindoos who are sent by the Company's servants into the inland-country, furnished with dustucks, to buy or sell goods, on stipulated monthly wages; without drawing commission, or having the liberty to trade on their own account. But among the natives of Hindostan, in the more general acceptation, the word gomastah is indiscriminately used for every sort of representative, or agent; from the ambassador down to the merchant's clerk, or even the foreman of a manufactory.

词形变化

gomashtas plural gomasta alternative gomushta alternative gomusta alternative gumasta alternative gumashta alternative gumusta alternative gomashtah alternative gomastah alternative gomustah alternative gumastah alternative gumashtah alternative gumustah alternative

词源

From Hindi [Term?], Urdu [Term?], from Persian گماشته (“appointed, delegated”).
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