बेलदार

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian بیلدار (bildār, literally “spade wielder”), from بیل (bil, “spade”) + ـدار (-dâr, “haver”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /beːl.d̪ɑːɾ/, [beːl.d̪äːɾ]

Noun

बेलदार • (beldār) m (Urdu spelling بيلدار)

1. labourer

Declension

Declension of बेलदार (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	बेलदार beldār	बेलदार beldār
oblique	बेलदार beldār	बेलदारों beldārõ
vocative	बेलदार beldār	बेलदारो beldāro

Derived terms

• बेलदारी (beldārī)

References

• Bahri, Caturvedi, Dasa-Hindi (2022), “बेलदार”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Hindi Dictionaries]