Etymology

bhagdar

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Today it means: A landholder in possession of a bhag. Full definition →

Hindi भागदार ← Urdu بَھاگْدَار ← Sanskrit भाग
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The story

  1. Classical Persian · derived fromـدَار“holder, owner”
  2. Sanskrit · derived fromभाग“part, share, piece”
  3. Urdu · borrowed fromبَھاگْدَار
  4. Hindi · borrowed fromभागदार
  5. English todaybhagdar

Borrowed from Hindustani (Hindi भागदार (bhāgdār), Urdu بَھاگْدَار (bhāgdār)); of which the first element भाग (bhāg) / بَھاگ (bhāg) is derived from Sanskrit भाग (bhāga, “part, share, piece”), and the second one -दार (-dār) / ـدَار (-dār) is a suffix derived from Classical Persian ـدَار (-dār, “holder, owner”).

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