Thanadar

//tɑːnəˈdɑː// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The commander of a thana; a police chief.

    "The thanadar had specified that he be taught moral principles along with the Erewhonian language."

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"The thanadar had specified that he be taught moral principles along with the Erewhonian language."

Etymology

From Urdu ثاندار (thānadār), from ثانا (thānā, “thana”) + دار- (-dār, “holder”).

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