khansamah

[ kahn-suh-mah ]

/ ˈkɑn səˌmɑ /

a native house steward or butler.

a native male servant.

Origin of khansamah

1635–45; < Hindi khānsāmā̃ < Persian khānsāmān, equivalent to khān master + sāmān stores

khanga, khania, khaniá, khanjar, khanka, khansamah, khanty, khapra beetle, kharif, kharijite, kharkov

You stay as long as you please and when you leave not even a gift to the khansamah is permitted.

The Ninth Vibration And Other Stories |L. Adams Beck
The khansamah, who was nearly bent double with old age, said so.

The Lock And Key Library |Various
With a profound salaam the khansamah took his departure, followed by the khidmutghars.

Wanderings in India |John Lang
I was khansamah then in the big house where all the Railway-Sahibs lived, and I used to come across with brandy-shrab.

The Lock And Key Library |Various

The khansamah was frightened; nevertheless he remained standing.

The Poison Tree |Bankim Chandra Chatterjee