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Sarkar

//səɹkaːɹ// name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname from Persian.
Noun
  1. 1
    An administrative unit used mostly in the Muslim states of South Asia. India, historical
  2. 2
    A clerk or accountant. India, historical

    "[…] and there would be various objections to trusting a native with the purport of such communications, even where some of the baboos, sircars, purvoes, and others of that genus, can converse with sufficient comprehensiveness in English […]"

  3. 3
    A native steward or housekeeper. India
  4. 4
    The Government, the State. India

    "He said that Janoo had told him that there was an order of the Sirkar against magic, because it was feared that magic might one day kill the Empress of India."

  5. 5
    Administration of a particular prime minister. India

    "No doubt, a handful of people are immensely benefiting from the policies of the Modi Sarkar."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Hindi सरकार (sarkār)/Urdu سرکار (sarkār), from Persian سرکار (sarkâr, “superintendent, overseer, chief”), compound of سر (sar, “head”) + کار (kâr, “agent, doer”).

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Bengali সরকার (śorkar).

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