سرکار

Persian

Dari Persian	سرکار‎
Iranian Persian	سرکار‎
Tajiki Persian	саркор (sarkor)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /sæɾˈkɒːɾ/
(Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /sæɾˈkɒːɾ/, [sæɾˈkʰɒːɾ]

Noun

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

→ Hindustani:
Hindi: सरकार (sarkār)

Urdu: سرکار‎ (sarkār)
- → Balochi: سرکار‎ (sarkār)
- → Bengali: সরকার (sarkār)
- → English: sarkar, sirkar, circar, sircar
- → Gujarati: સરકાર (sarkār)
- → Kannada: ಸರ್ಕಾರ (sarkāra)
- → Marathi: सरकार (sarkār)
- → Nepali: सरकार (sarkār)
- → Punjabi: ਸਰਕਾਰ (sarkār)
- → Tamil: சர்க்கார் (carkkār)
→ Ottoman Turkish: سركار‎ (serkâr)
→ Swahili: serikali (via a South Asian language)
- → Luhya: eserikali

References

“سرکار” in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, Dehkhoda Dictionary, Tehran: University of Tehran Press, 1931–.

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian (sarkâr).

Noun

سرکار • (sarkār) f (Hindi spelling सरकार)

government

Declension

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

Synonyms

شاسن‎ (śāsan)
حکومت‎ (hukūmat)

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