chamcha

chamcha |ˈtʃʌmtʃə | ▶noun Indian informal an obsequious person. ORIGIN from Bengali and Hindi chamra, cham, literally ‘skin, hide ’. The extended sense may derive from the idea of an obsequious person staying very close to a superior.

chamcha

chamcha |ˈtʃʌmtʃə | ▶noun Indian informal an obsequious person. ORIGIN from Bengali and Hindi chamra, cham, literally ‘skin, hide ’. The extended sense may derive from the idea of an obsequious person staying very close to a superior.