Etymology

sirdar

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Today it means: A high-ranking person in India and other areas of west-central Asia; a chief, a headman. Full definition →

Urdu سردار ← Hindi सरदार ← Persian سردار
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  1. Persian · derived fromسردار
  2. Hindi · borrowed fromसरदार
  3. Urdu · borrowed fromسردار
  4. English todaysirdar

Borrowed from Urdu سردار, Hindi सरदार (sardār), from Persian سردار (sardâr). Doublet of serdar and Sardar.

Words from the same roots

Persianسردار all →

sardarserdar

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.