sarkar
/ˈsɜːkɑː/
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sarkar noun: an administrative unit used mostly in the Muslim states of South Asia.
Noun
sarkar (plural sarkars)
- An administrative unit used mostly in the Muslim states of South Asia.
- A clerk or accountant.
- […] and there would be various objections to trusting a native with the purport of such communications, even where some of the baboos, sircars, purvoes, and others of that genus, can converse with sufficient comprehensiveness in English […]1845, Joachim Hayward Stocqueler, The Hand-book of India, page 219
- A native steward or housekeeper.
- The Government, the State.
- He said that Janoo had told him that there was an order of the Sirkar against magic, because it was feared that magic might one day kill the Empress of India.1888, Rudyard Kipling, “In the House of Suddhoo”, in Plain Tales from the Hills, Folio, published 2005, page 99
- Administration of a particular prime minister.
- No doubt, a handful of people are immensely benefiting from the policies of the Modi Sarkar.2017, Taachal, What after Modi Sarkar?
Proper noun capitalized: Sarkar
Sarkar (plural Sarkars)
- A surname from Persian.
sarkar meaning in Urdu, Malayalam, Punjabi and Gujarati
sarkar in Urdu
- sarkar
- سرکار sarkār
sarkar in Malayalam
- sarkar
- സർക്കാർ saṟkkāṟ
sarkar in Punjabi
- sarkar
- سرکار sarkār
sarkar in Gujarati
- sarkar
- સરકાર sarkār
Forms of sarkar
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | sarkars |
| alternative form | sirkar |
| alternative form | sircar |
| alternative form | circar |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Sarkars |
| alternative form | Sircar |
| alternative form | Sorcar |
Origin of sarkar
From Hindi सरकार (sarkār)/Urdu سرکار (sarkār), from Persian سرکار (sarkâr, “superintendent, overseer, chief”), compound of سر (sar, “head”) + کار (kâr, “agent, doer”).
Borrowed from Bengali সরকার (śorkar).
Questions about sarkar
- What does sarkar mean?
- Sarkar means an administrative unit used mostly in the Muslim states of South Asia.
- What is sarkar in Urdu?
- Sarkar in Urdu is سرکار (sarkār). See Sarkar meaning in Urdu.
- What part of speech is sarkar?
- Sarkar can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce sarkar?
- Sarkar is pronounced /ˈsɜːkɑː/ (UK).
- What is the plural of sarkar?
- The plural of sarkar is sarkars.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: sarkar (page history and authors); Sarkar (page history and authors); سرکار (Urdu) (page history and authors); സർക്കാർ (Malayalam) (page history and authors); سرکار (Punjabi) (page history and authors); સરકાર (Gujarati) (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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