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): /sar.ˈdaːr/

 

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

• (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]

• Rhymes: -aːr

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

Noun

سردار • (sardār / sardâr) (plural سردارها (sardār-hā / sardâr-hâ), or سرداران (sardārān / sardârân), Tajik spelling сардор)

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
• → Turkmen: serdar
• Uzbek: sardor

Proper noun

سردار • (sardār / sardâr) (Tajik spelling Сардор)

1. a male given name, Sardar

Descendants

• Turkish: Serdar

Punjabi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian سَرْدَار (sardār). By surface analysis, سَر (sar, “head”) +‎ دَار (dār).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /səɾ.d̪äːɾ/, [səɾ.ˈd̪äːɾ(ə̆)]

Noun

سَرْدَار • (sardār) m (female equivalent سَرْدارْنی, Gurmukhi spelling ਸਰਦਾਰ)

1. chief, commander, leader (ie. a head)
2. (historical) a sardar
3. (figuratively) a wealthy or influential person
4. (metonymic) a 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"

Declension

Declension of سردار

	singular	plural
direct	سَرْدَار (sardār)	سَرْدَار (sardār)
oblique	سَرْدَار (sardār)	سَرْدَاراں (sardārāṉ)
vocative	سَرْدَارا (sardārā)	سَرْدَارو (sardāro)
ablative	سَرْدَاروں (sardāroṉ)	—
locative	سَرْدَارے (sardāre)	سَرْدَارِیں (sardārīṉ)
instrumental	سَرْدَاروں (sardāroṉ)	–

Related terms

• سَرْدَاری (sardārī)

Proper noun

سَرْدَار • (sardār) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਸਰਦਾਰ)

1. a male given name, Sardar

Further reading

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002), “سردار”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat (in Punjabi), Lahore: عزیز پبلشرز [ʻazīz pabliśarz]
• Bashir, Kanwal (2012), “سردار”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Hyattsville, MD: Dunwoody Press
• “ਸਰਦਾਰ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2026