سرکار

From سر‎ (sar, “head”) +‎ کار‎ (kâr, “work, business”); or from سرکارگر‎ (sarkârgar).

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /sæɾˈkɒːɾ/
• (Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /sæɾˈkɒːɾ/, [sæɾˈkʰɒːɾ]

سرکار • (sarkâr) (plural سرکارها‎ (sarkâr-hâ))

1. supervisor, superintendent, overseer, employer, taskmaster
2. polite form of address for someone of authority (male)
3. (historical) sarkar

• سرکار خانم‎ (sarkâr xânom)

• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: सरकार (sarkār)

  Urdu: سرکار‎ (sarkār)

  • → Balochi: سرکار‎ (sarkār)
  • → Bengali: সরকার (sarkār)
  • → English: sarkar, sirkar, circar, sircar
  • → Gujarati: સરકાર (sarkār)
  • → Kannada: ಸರ್ಕಾರ (sarkāra)
  • → Marathi: सरकार (sarkār)
  • → Nepali: सरकार (sarkār)
  • → Punjabi: ਸਰਕਾਰ (sarkār)
  • → Tamil: சர்க்கார் (carkkār)
• → Ottoman Turkish: سركار‎ (serkâr)
• → Swahili: serikali (via a South Asian language)
  • → Luhya: eserikali

• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–), “سرکار”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press

Borrowed from Persian سرکار‎ (sarkâr).

سرکار • (sarkār) f (Hindi spelling सरकार)

1. government

• شاسن‎ (śāsan)
• حکومت‎ (hukūmat)