huzoor

English

Etymology

Ultimately from Arabic حُضُور (ḥuḍūr).

Noun

huzoor (plural huzoors)

1. (dated, India) A potentate (often used as a term of respect).
   • 1924, E. M. Forster, A Passage to India, Penguin, published 2005, page 15:

     ‘Here is my card. Call me a tonga.’
     ‘Huzoor, all are at the Club.’

Further reading

• Henry Yule, A[rthur] C[oke] Burnell (1903) “huzoor”, in William Crooke, editor, Hobson-Jobson […] , London: John Murray, […], page 431.