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rissaldar

rissaldar noun: a junior officer in a cavalry or armored regiment.

Noun

rissaldar (plural rissaldars)

  1. (India) A junior officer in a cavalry or armored regiment.
  2. (historical) A native captain in an Indian cavalry regiment of the British Army.

rissaldar meaning in Hindi

rissaldar in Hindi

a rissaldar
रिसालदार risāldār

Forms of rissaldar

pluralrissaldars

Origin of rissaldar

From Hindi रिसालदार (risāldār), Persian رسالدار (resâldâr).

Questions about rissaldar

What does rissaldar mean?
Rissaldar means a junior officer in a cavalry or armored regiment.
What is rissaldar in Hindi?
Rissaldar in Hindi is रिसालदार (risāldār). See Rissaldar meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is rissaldar?
Rissaldar is a noun.
What is the plural of rissaldar?
The plural of rissaldar is rissaldars.

Words near rissaldar in the dictionary

  1. Riss-Würm
  2. rissala
  3. rissalah
  4. rissalahs
  5. rissalas
  6. rissaldar
  7. rissaldars
  8. rissalla
  9. rissallah
  10. rissallahs
  11. rissallas

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Adapted from Wiktionary: rissaldar (page history and authors); रिसालदार (Hindi) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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