(India, obsolete) A Hindu clerk.
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(India) A family priest.
(India, historical) A clerk or writer in a native language.
(obsolete, or, archaic, _, in, _, Scotland) To prove.
A historical Indian administrative term for a head clerk or chief assistant, particularly one who managed the business of a court or government office in the Mughal and colonial periods. The word conveys an important but subordinate bureaucratic role — the person trusted to handle day-to-day paperwork and procedure on behalf of a superior.
(historical) Originally, a Hindu gentleman employed to work as a clerk for the colonial administration; now, a clerk or low-ranking government official.