burkundaz

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noun

An armed guard or watchman.

OriginHindi बरक़ंदाज़ ← Persian برق انداز →
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Meanings

nounburkundaz (plural burkundazes)

plural burkundazes · alternative berkendoss · alternative burkundauze · alternative burkundoss

  1. IndiahistoricalAn armed guard or watchman.

    But unlike such forts as Chunar and Buxar […], the Carcanna was anything but a picturesque ruin: its turrets housed squads of sentries, and its parapets were manned by a great number of peons and burkundazes.

    2008, Amitav Ghosh, Sea of Poppies, Penguin, published 2015, page 90

Origin

  1. Persianبرق انداز
  2. Hindiबरक़ंदाज़
  3. Englishburkundaz

From Hindi बरक़ंदाज़ (barqandāz), from Persian برق انداز (barq-andâz, literally “lightning-thrower”).

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APA

burkundaz. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/burkundaz

MLA

“burkundaz.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/burkundaz. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “burkundaz,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/burkundaz.

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