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podar

podar noun: a cash-keeper, especially an officer attached to a treasury, responsible for weighing money and bullion and appraising the value of coins.

Noun

podar (plural podars)

  1. (India, obsolete) A cash-keeper, especially an officer attached to a treasury, responsible for weighing money and bullion and appraising the value of coins.

Forms of podar

pluralpodars
alternative formpoddar
alternative formpodder

Origin of podar

Borrowed from Hindi पोद्दार (poddār).

Questions about podar

What does podar mean?
Podar means a cash-keeper, especially an officer attached to a treasury, responsible for weighing money and bullion and appraising the value of coins.
What part of speech is podar?
Podar is a noun.
What is the plural of podar?
The plural of podar is podars.

Words near podar in the dictionary

  1. podands
  2. Podanur
  3. Podany
  4. podapolipid
  5. podapolipids
  6. podar
  7. Podarge
  8. podargid
  9. podargids
  10. podargus
  11. podarguses

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