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Re: Help with meaning and origin of [Jamadar]

by Sabertooth

3/17/2017, 12:31 PM

So, JAMADAR means "janitor" now?

"Like arrows in the hands of a warrior are sons born in one's youth." Ps. 127:4

- 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.

- 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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