Talk:Elephant Boy

caregiver
There is also a traditional term in India for a keeper/handler/caretaker, which I can't seem to remember at the moment, loosely translated as "elephant boy." Traditionally male, from a time when elephants were used for heavy construction and moving of freight in caravans, etc. This is a lifetime position, a career or profession, and the word is in one of the indigenous Indian/Pakistani languages, Hindi, Urdu, or Bengali, probably. This would make a great enWP article, imo, as there are more English-dpeakers in India than in England, NA & Australia combined. rags (talk) 20:27, 20 March 2018 (UTC)


 * A MAHOUT! Such a traditional handler in some parts of asia is known as a mahout.  I think this could be an appropriate addition to this DAB.