How do you pronounce havildar?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˈhævɪldɑɹ/.

havildar

/ˈhævɪldɑɹ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.51 in modern English

Syllables: hav-il-dar
IPA: /ˈhævɪldɑɹ/

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Meaning

noun

An noncommissioned officer rank in parts of India, later a specific military rank of the British Indian Army and of the modern armies of India and Pakistan, equivalent to sergeant.

Example Sentences

"‘There was a great fight,’ said the Havildar, ‘and of us no man escaped unhurt.’"
"On being congratulated by the Russian, the Gurkha havildar, or sergeant, whispered anxiously to Younghusband that he should inform the towering Gromchevsky that they were unusually small and that most Gurkhas were even taller than he was."

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindustani حوالدار (ḥavāldār) / हविलदार (havildār), from Persian حوالدار (havâldâr), from Arabic حَوَالَة (ḥawāla, “charge”) + Persian دار (dâr, “holder”).

Origin

Source language: Persian

Word Breakdown

Root: حوالدار, حَوَالَة, دار, ح و ل

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈhævɪldɑɹ/
British English: /ˈhavɪldɑː/

Inflected Forms

havildars (plural) avaldar (alternative) havaldar (alternative) havildah (alternative)