سرکار

Pashto

Noun

سرکار • (sarkár) m

government
estate, holdings
(Regional) a district made up of several tribes
chief, leader

References

Pashtoon, Zeeya A. (2009), “سرکار”, in Pashto–English Dictionary, Hyattsville: Dunwoody Press
“سرکار”, in Pashto Dictionary (in English), Peshawar, Pakistan: Pukhtoogle, 2020.

Persian

Etymology

From ‎ (sar, “head”) +‎ ‎ (kâr, “work, business”); or from ‎ (sarkârgar).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /saɾˈkɑːɾ/

(Dari Persian) IPA^(key): /saɾˈkɑːɾ/

(Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /sæɾˈkɒːɾ/

(Tajik) IPA^(key): /saɾˈkɔɾ/

Noun

Iranian Persian	سرکار
Dari	سرکار
Tajik	саркор (sarkor)

سرکار • (sarkâr) (plural سرکارها‎ (sarkâr-hâ))

supervisor, superintendent, overseer, employer, taskmaster
polite form of address for someone of authority (male)
(historical) sarkar

Derived terms

سرکار خانم‎ (sarkâr xânom)

Descendants

→ Assamese: চৰকাৰ (sorkar)
→ Hindustani:
Hindi: सरकार (sarkār)

Urdu: سرکار‎ (sarkār)
- → Baluchi: سرکار‎ (sarkār)
- → Bengali: সরকার (śôrkar)
- → English: sarkar, sirkar, circar, sircar
- → Gujarati: સરકાર (sarkār)
- → Kannada: ಸರ್ಕಾರ (sarkāra)
- → Marathi: सरकार (sarkār)
- → Nepali: सरकार (sarkār)
- → Punjabi: ਸਰਕਾਰ (sarkār)
- → Tamil: சர்க்கார் (carkkār)
- → Malayalam: സർക്കാർ (saṟkkāṟ)
→ Ottoman Turkish: سركار‎ (serkâr)
→ Swahili: serikali (via Arabic)
- → Luhya: eserikali

References

Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–), “سرکار”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian ‎ (sarkâr).

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /səɾ.kɑːɾ/

(Deccani) IPA^(key): /səɾ.kɑːɾ/
Rhymes: -ɑːɾ

Noun

سَرْکار • (sarkār) f (Hindi spelling सरकार)

government
Synonym: حکومت‎ (hukūmat)
(figuratively) sir, mister

Declension

Declension of سرکار
	singular	plural
direct	سرکار‎ (sarkār)	سرکاریں‎ (sarkārẽ)
oblique	سرکار‎ (sarkār)	سرکاروں‎ (sarkārõ)
vocative	سرکار‎ (sarkār)	سرکارو‎ (sarkāro)

References

“سرکار”, in اُردُو لُغَت (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
“سرکار”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English] (in English), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.

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