chokra

English

Etymology

From Hindi छोकरा (chokrā).

Noun

chokra (plural chokras)

1. (India) Boy; young male servant.
   • 1934, George Orwell, chapter 21, in Burmese Days‎^[1]:

     At the foot of the veranda a chokra lay on his back in the sun, pulling the punkah rope with his heel and shading his face with a broad strip of banana leaf.

   • 1990, Khushwant Singh, chapter 16, in Delhi, Penguin:

     'Livin' is cheaper here,' he said. Back home we won't have an ayah or chokra.'

Related terms

• chokri