سردار
Pashto
Noun
سردار • (sardā́r) m
References
- Pashtoon, Zeeya A. (2009), “سردار”, in Pashto–English Dictionary, Hyattsville: Dunwoody Press
Persian
Etymology
Probably borrowed from Parthian [Term?]. Doublet of سالار (sâlâr), which is from Middle Persian [script needed] (srdʾl /sālār/), a genuine Persian development.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /sar.ˈdaːr/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [säɾ.d̪ɑ́ːɾ]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [sæɹ.d̪ɒ́ːɹ]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [säɾ.d̪ɔ́ɾ]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | sardār |
| Dari reading? | sardār |
| Iranian reading? | sardâr |
| Tajik reading? | sardor |
- Rhymes: -ɑːr
Noun
سردار • (sardār / sardâr) (plural سردارها (sardār-hā / sardâr-hâ), or سرداران (sardārān / sardârân), Tajik spelling сардор)
Derived terms
- سرداری (sardâri)
Descendants
- Armenian: սարդար (sardar)
- Azerbaijani: sərdar
- Bengali: সর্দার (śordar)
- English: Sardar
- Georgian: სარდალი (sardali)
- Gulf Arabic: سردال (sirdāl)
- → Hindustani:
- Kazakh: сардар (sardar)
- Northern Kurdish: Serdar
- Ottoman Turkish: سردار (serdâr)
- Uzbek: sardor
Proper noun
سردار • (sardār / sardâr) (Tajik spelling Сардор)
- a male given name, Sardar
Descendants
- Turkish: Serdar
Punjabi
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian سَرْدَار (sardār). By surface analysis, سَر (sar, “head”) + دَار (dār).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Punjabi) IPA(key): /səɾ.d̪äːɾ/, [səɾ.ˈd̪äːɾ(ə̆)]
Noun
سَرْدَار • (sardār) m (female equivalent سَرْدارْنی, Gurmukhi spelling ਸਰਦਾਰ)
- chief, commander, leader (ie. a head)
- (historical) a sardar
- (figuratively) a wealthy or influential person
- (metonymic) a Sikh (a title)
- 2013, “Sardaar Ji”, Satinder Sartaj (lyrics):
- اک دن مینوں بندہ ملیا کہندا سردار جی، سنیا اس قوم چہ کافی ہوئے دلدار جی
- ek din maenū̃ bandā miliā kahindā sardār jī, suṇiā es kaum 'ch kāfī hoe dildār jī
- One day I met a person who said, "honorable Sikh, they say there are many breve-hearts in this community"
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | سَرْدَار (sardār) | سَرْدَار (sardār) |
| oblique | سَرْدَار (sardār) | سَرْدَاراں (sardārāṉ) |
| vocative | سَرْدَارا (sardārā) | سَرْدَارو (sardāro) |
| ablative | سَرْدَاروں (sardāroṉ) | — |
| locative | سَرْدَارے (sardāre) | سَرْدَارِیں (sardārīṉ) |
| instrumental | سَرْدَاروں (sardāroṉ) | – |
Related terms
- سَرْدَاری (sardārī)
Proper noun
سَرْدَار • (sardār) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਸਰਦਾਰ)
- a male given name, Sardar