ख़िदमतगार
Appearance
Hindi
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Classical Persian خدمتگار (xidmatgār).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ख़िदमतगार • (xidmatgār) m (Urdu spelling خدمتگار)
- servant
- Synonym: नौकर (naukar)
- ख़ुदाई ख़िदमतगार
- xudāī xidmatgār
- Khudai Khidmatgar: "servants of God", non-violent struggle by Pashtuns against British rule
Declension
[edit]Declension of ख़िदमतगार (masc cons-stem)
singular | plural | |
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direct | ख़िदमतगार xidmatgār |
ख़िदमतगार xidmatgār |
oblique | ख़िदमतगार xidmatgār |
ख़िदमतगारों xidmatgārõ |
vocative | ख़िदमतगार xidmatgār |
ख़िदमतगारो xidmatgāro |
Descendants
[edit]- English: khitmatgar
References
[edit]- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “khidmat”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press