tawaif

Etymology
From /.

Noun

 * 1)  A professional courtesan serving the nobility, especially under the Mughal Empire;
 * 2) * 2008, Gayatri Chatterjee, in Sahni, Shankar, Apte (Eds.), Prostitution and Beyond, p. 290:
 * And since the British period, the reputation of a common prostitute has dogged the heels of the tawaif.
 * 1) * 2008, Gayatri Chatterjee, in Sahni, Shankar, Apte (Eds.), Prostitution and Beyond, p. 290:
 * And since the British period, the reputation of a common prostitute has dogged the heels of the tawaif.