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[Facts] Re: Help with meaning and origin of [Jamadar]
by Sabertooth
3/17/2017, 12:31 PM
in reply to a message by তন্ময় ভট্টাচার্য্য
So, JAMADAR means "janitor" now?
"Like arrows in the hands of a warrior are sons born in one's youth." Ps. 127:4
JoHannah Jubilee, BenJudah Gabriel, Aaron Josiah, Jordan Uriah,
Maranatha Nissiah, (Anastasia Nike, 1992-1992), Jeshua David,
Shiloh Joshana, Elijah Daniel, Hezekiah Nathaniel, Zephaniah Joseph
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- তন্ময় ভট্টাচার্য্য (guest)   +1
3/18/2017, 9:22 PM
Actually more like cleaner/servant rather than doorman, and in the Indian context, far lower in the social hierarchy.
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- Sabertooth
3/19/2017, 2:09 AM
In USA, a janitor is a cleaner rather than a doorman (as the etymology suggests).
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