sirdar

Meaning

Noun

• A high-ranking person in India and other areas of west-central Asia; a chief, a headman.
• A rank assigned to the commander-in-chief of the Egyptian Army during the British occupation of Egypt.
• The leader of a group of Sherpa mountain guides.

Origin

• Borrowed from Urdu سردار, Hindi सरदार, from Persian سردار. serdar, and Sardar.