Terminology
Another term for mahout is cornac (as in French, from the Portuguese; kornak in Polish, also a rather current last name). In Tamil, the word used is "pahan", which means elephant keeper, and in Sinhalese kurawanayaka ('stable master'). In Malayalam the word used is paappaan.
In Burma, the profession is called oozie; in Thailand kwan-chang; and in Vietnam quản tượng.
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