سردار

Pashto

Noun

سردار • (sardā́r) m

1. leader, head, chief, military commander
2. (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 سالار (sâlâr), which is from Middle Persian [script needed] (srdʾl /⁠sālār⁠/), a genuine Persian development.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [saɾ.dɑːɾ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [säɾ.d̪ɑːɾ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [säɾ.d̪ɑːɾ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [säɾ.d̪ɑːɾ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [säɾ.d̪ɔːɾ]

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

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

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

• Rhymes: -âr

Noun

سردار • (sardâr) (plural سردارها (sardâr-hâ) or سرداران (sardârân))

1. military commander
2. 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)

1. a male given name, Sardar

Descendants

• Turkish: Serdar

Punjabi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian سردار (sardār).

Noun

سردار • (sardār) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਸਰਦਾਰ)

1. chief, commander, leader

Related terms

• سرداری (sardārī)

Proper noun

سردار • (sardār) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਸਰਦਾਰ)

1. (Sikhism) Sikh (a title)
   • 2013, “Sardaar Ji”, Satinder Sartaj (lyrics):

     اک دن مینوں بندہ ملیا کہندا سردار جی، سنیا اس قوم 'چ 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"