हवलदार

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian حوالدار (hawāl-dār). By surface analysis, हवाला (havālā, “charge, custody”) +‎ -दार (-dār). Compare Malayalam ഹവിൽദാർ (havildāṟ), Punjabi ਹਵਾਲਦਾਰ (havāldār).

Pronunciation
  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /ɦə.ʋəl.d̪ɑːɾ/, [ɦɐ.ʋɐl.d̪äːɾ]

Noun

हवलदार • (havaldār) m (Urdu spelling حوالدار)

  1. low-ranking police officer or soldier
  2. (military) havildar, sergeant

Declension
Declension of हवलदार (masc cons-stem)
singular plural
direct हवलदार
havaldār		 हवलदार
havaldār
oblique हवलदार
havaldār		 हवलदारों
havaldārõ
vocative हवलदार
havaldār		 हवलदारो
havaldāro

Derived terms
  • हवालदारी (havāldārī)
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