drabi

English

Etymology

From driver.

Noun

drabi (plural drabis)

1. (India, obsolete) A driver.
   • 1929, Sir William Marshall, Memories of Four Fronts, page 133:

     One can hardly write of Suvla without a word of admiration for that patient and uncomplaining hero the Indian drabi, not forgetting his mules.

   • 2020, Radhika Singha, The Coolie's Great War: Indian Labour in a Global Conflict, 1914-1921, page 68:

     British transport officers contended that their drabis should be placed on the same footing as sepoys, because their war work was as important, and their heroism no less so.

Maltese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdraː.bɪ/
• Rhymes: -aːbɪ

Noun

drabi

1. plural of darba