ख़िदमतगार

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Hindi[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Classical Persian (xidmatgār).

Pronunciation[edit]

(Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /xɪd̪.mət̪.ɡɑːɾ/, [xɪd̪.mɐt̪.ɡäːɾ], /kʰɪd̪.mət̪.ɡɑːɾ/, [kʰɪd̪.mɐt̪.ɡäːɾ]

Noun[edit]

ख़िदमतगार • (xidmatgār) m (Urdu spelling خدمتگار)

servant
Synonym: नौकर (naukar)

ख़ुदाई ख़िदमतगार ― xudāī xidmatgār ― Khudai Khidmatgar: "servants of God", non-violent struggle by Pashtuns against British rule

Declension[edit]

Declension of ख़िदमतगार (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	ख़िदमतगार xidmatgār	ख़िदमतगार xidmatgār
oblique	ख़िदमतगार xidmatgār	ख़िदमतगारों xidmatgārõ
vocative	ख़िदमतगार xidmatgār	ख़िदमतगारो xidmatgāro

Descendants[edit]

English: khitmatgar

References[edit]

McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “khidmat”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

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