khiddmah

Audio with Theyab's pronunciation

Growing up outside of Kuwait, I wasn't familiar with having
house staff or any such domestic khiddmaat. So upon finishing
dinner at a Kuwaiti house, I got up to take my plate to the kitchen
sink as I normally would ... and the gesture was met with
cries of protest.
"Let the khaddam take it!" was the explanation.
I went with the flow, but my reservations about using the word
"servant" lingered. So I asked someone for advice.
"What's a better word than al-khaddaamah?"
The reply: "maadrii ... filibiiniyyah?"
Looking for the perfect come back to this, in Kuwaiti?
Refer to this earlier post.

خدمات	khiddmaat	Services
خدم	khaddam	Servants
الخدامة	al-khaddaamah	The servant
مادري	maadrii	I don’t know
فلبينية	filibiiniyyah	Filipino (f)?
تلفوني	tilifuun-ii	My phone
مفصول	mafSuul	Disconnected
عن الخدمة	:an al-khiddmah	Out of service