gomashta

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Hindi, Urdu, from Persian گماشته‎ (“appointed, delegated”).

Noun

gomashta (plural gomashtas)

  1. (India, now historical) A native Indian clerk or steward.
    • 2005, Mike Dash, Thug, Granta 2006, p. 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 2015:
      This met with no response and nor did the gomusta require any.
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