The story
- Persian · borrowed fromمهماندار
- English todaymehmandar
Borrowed from Persian مهماندار (mehmândâr); compound of مهمان (mehmân, “guest”) and ـدار (-dâr, “keeper, holder, one who has”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
mehmandar
Today it means: An official courier appointed to escort an important traveller in Persian-speaking countries and the Indian subcontinent. Full definition →
Persian مهماندار