chowkidar
/ˈtʃɒ̃kɪdɑː
/(also chokidar /ˈtʃɒkɪdɑː/)
noun
(In South Asia) a watchman or gatekeeper.Evening bus travellers were an exceedingly bored lot, second only to high school teachers, night chowkidars, and government clerks....
- I found the chowkidar and got him to open the gates.
- Shahid said that a month ago some miscreants had come to this school with a can of fuel to burn down the school but the chowkidar and other people stopped them.
Origin
From Urdu caukīdār, from caukī 'toll house' + -dār 'keeper'.