omlah

English

Etymology

Ultimately from Arabic عَمَلَة (ʕamala), plural of عَامِل (ʕāmil, “worker”).

Noun

omlah (plural omlahs)

  1. A staff of native clerks or officials in colonial Bengal.

Further reading

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