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gumashta

gumashta is the alternative form of gomashta.

Meaning of gomashta

Noun

gomashta (plural gomashtas)

  1. (India, historical) A native Indian clerk or steward.
    • 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...1775, William Bolts, Considerations on India Affairs, Part II, London, page 152

Forms of gumashta

pluralgumashtas

Questions about gumashta

What is gumashta the alternative form of?
Gumashta is the alternative form of gomashta.

Words near gumashta in the dictionary

  1. Gumaca
  2. gumaguma
  3. gumagumas
  4. gumamela
  5. gumamelas
  6. gumashta
  7. gumashtah
  8. gumashtahs
  9. gumashtas
  10. gumasta
  11. gumastah

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