In South Asian countries, a watchman or guard, especially one who patrols and protects a property or compound.
From Hindi chokidar, from choki (guard post, station) + -dar (holder, keeper), literally 'one who keeps the station.'
Chokidar is a word that traveled from Hindi through the British Empire into English, and it's still actively used in India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh—showing how some colonial loanwords become permanent features of English while others fade away!
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