The story
- Arabic · derived fromفَوْج“group”
- Persian · derived fromفوجدار
- Urdu · borrowed fromفوجدار
- Hindi · borrowed fromफ़ौजदार
- English todayfaujdar
From Hindi फ़ौजदार (faujdār)/Urdu فوجدار, from Persian فوجدار (fowj-dâr), compound of فوج (fowj, “troop”) (from Arabic فَوْج (fawj, “group”)) and ـدار (-dâr).
Words from the same roots
Arabicفَوْج all →
fauj
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.