सदर

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian صدر (sadr), from Arabic صَدْر (ṣadr). Compare Assamese সদৰ (xodor), Bengali সদর (śodor).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /sə.d̪əɾ/, [sɐ.d̪ɐɾ]
• (Persianized) (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /səd̪ɾ/, [sɐd̪ɾ]

Adjective

सदर • (sadar) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling صدر)

1. chief, head (of a person), main (of an object)

Derived terms

• सदर अदालत (sadar adālat)

Noun

सदर • (sadar) m (Urdu spelling صدر)

1. the chief, head, chairman

   सभा का सदर ― sabhā kā sadar ― head of the council/body

2. throne; place for the chief

Declension

Declension of सदर (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	सदर sadar	सदर sadar
oblique	सदर sadar	सदरों sadarõ
vocative	सदर sadar	सदरो sadaro

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “सदर”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press