ख़िदमतगार
Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian خدمتگار (xidmatgār).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /xɪd̪.mət̪.ɡɑːɾ/, [xɪd̪.mɐt̪.ɡäːɾ], /kʰɪd̪.mət̪.ɡɑːɾ/, [kʰɪd̪.mɐt̪.ɡäːɾ]
Noun
ख़िदमतगार • (xidmatgār) m (Urdu spelling خدمتگار)
- servant
- Synonym: नौकर (naukar)
- ख़ुदाई ख़िदमतगार ― xudāī xidmatgār ― Khudai Khidmatgar: "servants of God", non-violent struggle by Pashtuns against British rule
Declension
Descendants
- English: khitmatgar
References
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “khidmat”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
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