dubash
nounEtymology
From Hindi दो (do, “two”) + भाषा (bhāṣā, “languages”).
- borrowed from दो
Definitions
An Indian translator or interpreter, particularly in their role as a household steward…
An Indian translator or interpreter, particularly in their role as a household steward for British colonizers.
- This I learnt was the captain's dubash, a native man acting as general steward who provides every household article as well as of merchandise, and engages all inferior servants.
- […] inhabitants complain to him, and as he does not understand the language he is obliged to call for his dubash to interpret what they say; […]
The neighborhood
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No curated loop yet for dubash. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA