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kansamah

kansamah is the alternative form of khansamah.

Meaning of khansamah

Noun

khansamah (plural khansamahs)

  1. (East, India) A house-steward or native servant, being in charge of the kitchen and the food supplies.
    • An old sinner, in shape of a khansamah, is the genius of the place, and has rarely aught else to tempt the tired traveller with than a “sudden death”—a fowl caught running in the yard, and dished up forthwith; […]1866, Frederick F. Wyman, From Calcutta to the Snowy Range, page 330

Forms of kansamah

pluralkansamahs

Questions about kansamah

What is kansamah the alternative form of?
Kansamah is the alternative form of khansamah.

Words near kansamah in the dictionary

  1. Kans.
  2. Kansa
  3. Kansai
  4. Kansai dialect
  5. kansama
  6. kansamah
  7. kansamahs
  8. kansamas
  9. Kansan
  10. Kansans
  11. Kansas

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