फ़ौजदार
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Hindi
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- फौजदार (phaujdār)
Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Classical Persian فوجدار (fowj-dâr), equivalent to फ़ौज (fauj) + -दार (-dār).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]फ़ौजदार • (faujdār) m (Urdu spelling فوجدار)
- a military commander of a district
- (historical) a criminal judge or magistrate
Declension
[edit]Declension of फ़ौजदार (masc cons-stem)
References
[edit]- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “फ़ौजदार”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page फ़ौज