Etymology

havildar

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Today it means: An noncommissioned officer rank in parts of India, later a specific military rank of the British Indian Army and of the modern armies of India and Pakistan, equivalent to sergeant. Full definition →

Hindustani ← Persian حوالدار ← Arabic حَوَالَة
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The story

  1. Persian · derived fromدار“holder”
  2. Arabic · derived fromحَوَالَة“charge”
  3. Persian · derived fromحوالدار
  4. Hindustani · borrowed from
  5. English todayhavildar

Borrowed from Hindustani حوالدار (ḥavāldār) / हविलदार (havildār), from Persian حوالدار (havâldâr), from Arabic حَوَالَة (ḥawāla, “charge”) + Persian دار (dâr, “holder”).

Words from the same roots

Arabicحَوَالَة all →

hawala

Persianدار all →

tehsildar

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.