Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mehtar

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.02 in modern English

Syllables
mehtar
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A ruler in certain princely states of the Northwest Frontier region.

Indian usage

noun

A sweeper or scavenger of low caste.

Indian usage

Etymology

From Persian مهتر (“prince, chief, elder, great personage”). Regarding the sense of a scavenger, Yule & Burnell (see References) state that the term was "applied to the class in question in irony, or rather in consolation".

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

mehtars (plural)

Derived Forms

mehtarship

Questions

What does mehtar mean?
A ruler in certain princely states of the Northwest Frontier region.
Where does mehtar come from?
It is traced to Persian.

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