gomashta

English

Alternative forms

• gomasta
• gomushta
• gomusta
• gumasta
• gumashta
• gumusta

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Hindi, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Urdu, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] 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.