Note 28 — Chapter IV
Reading edition
Personal or contemptuous titles. 11. Then we have names derived from personal peculiarities or used in a contemptuous sense. The sweeper is Mehtar or “prince,” and Bhangi, “the rascal who intoxicates himself with hemp:” in the same range are Barpagwa, “he that wears the broad turban;” Kabûtari, “she that flirts like the pigeon;” Kâlkamaliya, “they that wear black blankets;” Kâmchor, “the loafer;” Kanphata, “he with the torn ears;” Kodokhânê, “they who eat the kodo millet;” and Maskhân, “the eaters of flesh.” Like these are the titles of Khalîfa for a cook or tailor, Jamadâr for a sweeper, and so on.28