A historical Indian term for a professional cook, particularly one who prepared food for a household or a nawab's kitchen. Derived from Turkic/Persian via Mughal court culture, the bawarchi was a skilled culinary professional rather than a domestic servant, and the term carried some prestige in its original context.
The bawarchi had been with the family for thirty years and knew every dish they loved.
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(India, historical) A cook.
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