Etymology

daroga

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Today it means: A police official in the Mughal Empire and the British Raj. Full definition →

Middle Mongol ᠳᠠᠷᠤᠬ᠎ᠠ
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  1. Middle Mongol · derived fromᠳᠠᠷᠤᠬ᠎ᠠ
  2. English todaydaroga

Ultimately from Middle Mongol ᠳᠠᠷᠤᠬ᠎ᠠ (darug-a).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.