different between sirdar vs serdar

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Urdu ??????, Hindi ????? (sard?r), from Persian ?????? (sardâr). Doublet of serdar and Sardar.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?s??d??/

Noun

sirdar (plural sirdars)

1. A high-ranking person in India and other areas of west-central Asia; a chief, a headman.
   • 1905 August 8th, The Times, ? 37,780, “Women and Early Marriage”, page 6/1:

     Only last week a paper on the question of early marriage in India was read by a young Sikh Sirdar of Kapurthala, in which this supremely important and delicate subject was treated with a tact and frankness which did him the utmost credit. […¶…¶…¶] During the discussion on Sirdar Arjun Sing’s paper, occasion was taken to protest against the erroneous view, too often taken in Europe, as to the abased position of Mahomedan women generally.

   • 1990, Peter Hopkirk, The Great Game, Folio Society (2010), page 43:

     Pottinger’s guide, who turned out to be married to the daughter of the Sirdar, or headman, insisted on entering the village first, explaining that it was customary with strangers in this dangerous region.

2. The leader of a group of Sherpa mountain guides.

Translations

Further reading

• sirdar on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Portuguese

Noun

sirdar m (plural sirdares or sirdars)

1. sirdar (high-ranking person in India and west-central Asia)
2. sirdar (leader of a group of Sherpa mountain guides)

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish ?????? (serdâr), from Persian ?????? (sardâr). Doublet of Sardar.

Noun

serdar (plural serdars)

1. The holder of a particular military rank in the Ottoman Empire.

Anagrams

• Raders, darers, drears, reards

Romanian

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish ?????? (serdâr), from Persian ?????? (sardâr).

Noun

serdar m (plural serdari)

1. (historical) army commander

Declension

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish ?????? (serdâr), from Persian ?????? (sardâr).

Noun

serdar (definite accusative {{{1}}}, plural {{{2}}})

1. (obsolete) A commander-in-chief, a serdar.
2. (historical) A military title used in the Ottoman period.

Synonyms

• ba?komutan

Derived terms

• Serdar-? ekrem