Definitions
Sorry, no definitions found. Check out and contribute to the discussion of this word!
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Examples
-
Gauhar Jaan, a tawaif who was born to an Armenian father, lived in Calcutta in the late 19th Century.
-
The tabla bridges folk, semi-classical, and classical Hindustani music genres, and was intrinsic to the lost dances of the tawaif-s, who performed in 18th-century courts.
-
Rani Mukherjee's belly flab is coming out of my TV and jiggling all over my hall. esms Which new-age Bollywood tawaif/courtesan do you think is the hottest?
Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7
-
Queried over his paintings of flesh traders he answers without a hint of embarrassment "My mother - 'Nawab Begum' was a 'tawaif and a' 'nautch' dancer in the court of maharaja of Patiala hailing from Dharampura from where we came to Lahore during partition".
madmouth commented on the word tawaif
Raj-era courtesan.
May 5, 2009