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subadar

UK/sʌbəˈdɑː/

subadar noun: the governor or commander in charge of a subah; a viceroy.

Noun

subadar (plural subadars)

  1. (South-Asia, historical) The governor or commander in charge of a subah; a viceroy.
    • Hindostan was then parcelled out into twelve grand divisions, called soobahs, to each of which a viceroy was assigned, by the title of Soobahdar, corruptly written Soobah by European writers; for, soobah signifies province: many of these soobahs were in extent equal to large European kingdoms.1806, [Thomas Maurice], Indian Antiquities: Or, Dissertations Relative to the Antient Geographical Divisions, […] of Hindostan: […] , volume I. Containing the Dissertation on the Antient Geographical...
  2. (historical) An Indian officer in the British Indian Army, of a rank equivalent to captain.
    • Also in his favour were his family's connections, the most notable of which consisted of an uncle who had risen to the rank of subedar in the East India Company's army […]2008, Amitav Ghosh, Sea of Poppies, Penguin, published 2015, page 31
  3. (India, Nepal, Pakistan) A noncommissioned officer rank in the armies of India and Pakistan.

Proper noun capitalized: Subadar

Subadar

  1. A surname from India of Indian origin.

subadar meaning in Telugu and Gujarati

subadar in Telugu

subadar, viceroy
సుబేదారు subēdāru, సుబేదారుడు subēdāruḍu

subadar in Gujarati

subadar
સૂબેદાર sūbedār

Forms of subadar

pluralsubadars
alternative formsoubadar
alternative formsoubedar
alternative formsubahdar
alternative formsubedar
alternative formsubidar

Origin of subadar

From Hindi सूबेदार (sūbedār) / Urdu صوبدار (sūbadār), and its source, (Indian) Persian صوبهدار (sūbadār), corresponding to صوبه (sūba, “province”) + ـدار (-dār, “in ownership of, in charge of”).

Words formed from subadar

Questions about subadar

What does subadar mean?
Subadar means the governor or commander in charge of a subah; a viceroy.
What is subadar in Telugu?
Subadar in Telugu is సుబేదారు (subēdāru), సుబేదారుడు (subēdāruḍu). See Subadar meaning in Telugu.
What part of speech is subadar?
Subadar can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce subadar?
Subadar is pronounced /sʌbəˈdɑː/ (UK).
What is the plural of subadar?
The plural of subadar is subadars.

Words near subadar in the dictionary

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  3. subacutely
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  5. subadamantine
  6. subadar
  7. subadars
  8. subadarship
  9. subadarships
  10. subaddictive
  11. subadditive

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Adapted from Wiktionary: subadar (page history and authors); Subadar (page history and authors); సుబేదారు (Telugu) (page history and authors); સૂબેદાર (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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