chokra
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A young boy who works as a helper in a home
- noun
- Indian
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chokra
- Chokra... is there no work for you in the house?
Examples
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As a chokra, he learned valuable skills from the older servants.
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Chokra.
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When finishing graduate school at Harvard, Manny Chokra met with instant and astonishing success.
Fiction book (1990) -
But she thinks you're her errand boy, and you just love being her smiley little chokra-boy, don't you?"
Fiction book (1997) -
The young chokra was responsible for running errands for the family.
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The village hired a new chokra to help with the daily chores.
How Young
Surface Forms
Etymology
Chokra comes from Hindi and other South Asian languages where chokra means 'boy' or 'young lad'. A helpful way to remember it is to imagine a young helper bringing tea or carrying bags, because the word is often used for a boy or young male servant in South Asia.