फ़ौजदार

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian فوج‌دار (fowj-dâr). By surface analysis, फ़ौज (fauj) +‎ दार (dār).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /fɔːd͡ʒ.d̪ɑːɾ/, [fɔːd͡ʒ.d̪äːɾ], /pʰɔːd͡ʒ.d̪ɑːɾ/, [pʰɔːd͡ʒ.d̪äːɾ]

Noun

फ़ौजदार • (faujdār) m (Urdu spelling فوجدار)

1. a military commander of a district
2. (historical) a criminal judge or magistrate

Declension

Declension of फ़ौजदार (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	फ़ौजदार faujdār	फ़ौजदार faujdār
oblique	फ़ौजदार faujdār	फ़ौजदारों faujdārõ
vocative	फ़ौजदार faujdār	फ़ौजदारो faujdāro

References

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “फौजदार”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 3325
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “फ़ौज”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 690