فوجدار

Persian

Etymology

From فوج +‎ ـدار.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [faud͡ʒ.dɑːɾ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [fäʊd͡ʒ.d̪ɑːɾ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [fäʊd͡ʒ.d̪ɑːɾ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [fäʊd͡ʒ.d̪ɑːɾ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [fäud͡ʒ.d̪ɔːɾ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [fæod͡ʒ.d̪ɒːɹ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [fäud͡ʒ.d̪ɔɾ]

Readings
Classical reading?	faujdār
Dari reading?	faujdār
Iranian reading?	faojdâr
Tajik reading?	faujdor

Noun

فوجدار • (fowj-dâr)

1. an officer or the police in Hindustan, and chief magistrate of a chaklah

Descendants

• → Bengali: ফৌজদার (phōujodar)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: फ़ौजदार (faujdār)

  Urdu: فَوجْدار (faujdār)

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “فوجدار”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul