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mehtar

mehtar noun: a ruler in certain princely states of the Northwest Frontier region.

Noun

mehtar (plural mehtars)

  1. (India, historical) A ruler in certain princely states of the Northwest Frontier region.
  2. (India, historical) A sweeper or scavenger of low caste.

Forms of mehtar

pluralmehtars

Origin of mehtar

From Persian مهتر (“prince, chief, elder, great personage”). Regarding the sense of a scavenger, Yule & Burnell (see References) state that the term was "applied to the class in question in irony, or rather in consolation".

Words formed from mehtar

Questions about mehtar

What does mehtar mean?
Mehtar means a ruler in certain princely states of the Northwest Frontier region.
What part of speech is mehtar?
Mehtar is a noun.
What is the plural of mehtar?
The plural of mehtar is mehtars.

Words near mehtar in the dictionary

  1. mehs
  2. Mehsana
  3. Mehsud
  4. Mehsuds
  5. Mehta
  6. mehtar
  7. mehtars
  8. mehtarship
  9. mehtarships
  10. Mehtas
  11. mehu

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