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faujdar

faujdar noun: an officer tasked with the administration of a sarkar.

Noun

faujdar (plural faujdars)

  1. (India) An officer tasked with the administration of a sarkar.

Forms of faujdar

pluralfaujdars
alternative formfoujdar
alternative formphousdar

Origin of faujdar

From Hindi फ़ौजदार (faujdār)/Urdu فوجدار, from Persian فوجدار (fowj-dâr), compound of فوج (fowj, “troop”) (from Arabic فَوْج (fawj, “group”)) and ـدار (-dâr).

Questions about faujdar

What does faujdar mean?
Faujdar means an officer tasked with the administration of a sarkar.
What part of speech is faujdar?
Faujdar is a noun.
What is the plural of faujdar?
The plural of faujdar is faujdars.

Words near faujdar in the dictionary

  1. Faught
  2. Faughts
  3. fauj
  4. faujasite
  5. faujasites
  6. faujdar
  7. faujdari
  8. faujdaris
  9. faujdars
  10. Faul
  11. faulchin

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