sirdar

Meaning

1. A high-ranking person in India and other areas of west-central Asia; a chief, a headman.
2. A rank assigned to the commander-in-chief of the Egyptian Army during the British occupation of Egypt.
3. The leader of a group of Sherpa mountain guides.

Synonyms

a military chief

Translations

serdar

sirdar

sirdar

başkan

kumandan

ινδός αρχηγός

sirdar

Mısır’da ordu başkumandanı

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈsɜːdɑː/

Etymology

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