سرکار
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Pashto
[edit]Noun
[edit]سرکار • (sarkar) m
References
[edit]- Pashtoon, Zeeya A. (2009) “سرکار”, in Pashto–English Dictionary, Hyattsville: Dunwoody Press
- “سرکار”, in Pashto Dictionary, Peshawar, Pakistan: Pukhtoogle, 2020.
Persian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From سر (sar, “head”) + ـکار (-kâr, “work, business”); or from سرکارگر (sarkârgar).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [saɾ.ˈkɑːɾ]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [sæɹ.kʰɒ́ːɹ]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [säɾ.kʰɔ́ɾ]
Readings | |
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Classical reading? | sarkār |
Dari reading? | sarkār |
Iranian reading? | sarkâr |
Tajik reading? | sarkor |
Noun
[edit]Dari | سرکار |
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Iranian Persian | |
Tajik | саркор |
سَرْکَار • (sarkâr) (plural سرکارها (sarkâr-hâ))
- supervisor, superintendent, overseer, employer, taskmaster
- polite form of address for someone of authority (male)
- (historical) sarkar
Derived terms
[edit]- سرکار خانم (sarkâr xânom)
Descendants
[edit]- → Assamese: চৰকাৰ (sorkar)
- → Bengali: সরকার (śorkar)
- → Gujarati: સરકાર (sarkār)
- → Hindustani:
- → Baluchi: سرکار (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
[edit]- Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “سرکار”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
Urdu
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Classical Persian سَرْکَار (sarkār).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /səɾ.kɑːɾ/
- Rhymes: -ɑːɾ
Noun
[edit]سَرْکار • (sarkār) f (Hindi spelling सरकार)
- government
- Synonym: حُکُومَت (hukūmat)
- (figuratively) sir, mister
- sarkar
Declension
[edit]Declension of سرکار | ||
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singular | plural | |
direct | سرکار (sarkār) | سرکاریں (sarkārẽ) |
oblique | سرکار (sarkār) | سرکاروں (sarkārõ) |
vocative | سرکار (sarkār) | سرکارو (sarkāro) |
References
[edit]Categories:
- Pashto lemmas
- Pashto nouns
- Pashto masculine nouns
- Persian terms suffixed with ـکار
- Persian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Persian lemmas
- Persian nouns
- Persian terms with historical senses
- Urdu terms borrowed from Classical Persian
- Urdu terms derived from Classical Persian
- Urdu terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Urdu/ɑːɾ
- Rhymes:Urdu/ɑːɾ/2 syllables
- Urdu lemmas
- Urdu nouns
- Urdu feminine nouns
- Urdu nouns with declension