سردار

Pashto

Noun

سردار • (sardā́r) m

leader, head, chief, military commander
(Historical) Sardar, prince

References

Pashtoon, Zeeya A. (2009) “سردار”, in Pashto–English Dictionary, Hyattsville: Dunwoody Press

Persian

Etymology

Probably borrowed from Parthian [Term?]. Doublet of (sâlâr), which is from Middle Persian [script needed] (srdʾl /⁠sālār⁠/), a genuine Persian development.

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /saɾ.ˈdaːɾ/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [säɾ.d̪ɑ́ːɾ]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [säɾ.d̪ɑ́ːɾ]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [säɾ.d̪ɔ́ːɾ]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [sæɹ.d̪ɒ́ːɹ]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [säɾ.d̪ɔ́ɾ]

Readings
Classical reading^?	sardār
Dari reading^?	sardār
Iranian reading^?	sardâr
Tajik reading^?	sardor

Rhymes: -ɑːr

Noun

سردار • (sardâr) (plural سردارها, or سرداران)

military commander
Sardar (rank)

Derived terms

سرداری (sardâri)

Descendants

Armenian: սարդար (sardar)
Azerbaijani: sərdar
Bengali: সর্দার (śordar)
English: Sardar
Georgian: სარდალი (sardali)
Gulf Arabic: سردال (sirdāl)
→ Hindustani:
Hindi: सरदार (sardār)

Urdu: سردار (sardār)
- English: Sardar, sirdar
Kazakh: сардар (sardar)
Northern Kurdish: Serdar
Ottoman Turkish: سردار (serdâr)
- Arabic: سِرْدار (sirdār)
  - English: sirdar
- English: serdar
- Turkish: serdar
Uzbek: sardor

Proper noun

سردار • (sardâr)

a male given name, Sardar

Descendants

Turkish: Serdar

Punjabi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (sardār).

Noun

سردار • (sardār) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਸਰਦਾਰ)

chief, commander, leader

Related terms

سَرْدَاری (sardārī)

Proper noun

سَرْدَار • (sardār) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਸਰਦਾਰ)

Sikh (a title)
- 2013, “Sardaar Ji”, Satinder Sartaj (lyrics):
  اک دن مینوں بندہ ملیا کہندا سردار جی، سنیا اس قوم چہ کافی ہوئے دلدار جی
  ek din maenū̃ bandā miliā kahindā sardār jī, suṇiā es kaum 'ch kāfī hoe dildār jī
  One day I met a person who said, "honorable Sikh, they say there are many breve-hearts in this community"