A tailor or seamstress, particularly in Indian English; also a reference to a character in Rudyard Kipling's 'The Jungle Book.'
From Hindi 'darzi' or Persian origin, related to tailoring and sewing. The word entered English through colonial India and is immortalized in Kipling's work as the name of a tailor bird character.
In Kipling's 'The Jungle Book,' Darzee the tailor bird becomes a character name that English speakers encounter, which is how many Indian words got into English literature—writers like Kipling created memorable characters that made borrowed words unforgettable.
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