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🇮🇳Hindi Source WordCode: HI

सरकार

Pronunciation / Transliteration: sarkār

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Circar/sɜːˈkɑːr/
nounCEFR C2 (Proficient)Top #45200 frequency
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🇮🇳 Example Sentence in Hindi:

"ब्रिटिश काल में इस क्षेत्र को एक circar के रूप में जाना जाता था।"

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A historical administrative district or province in British India, particularly applied to the Northern Circars along the eastern coast of the Indian peninsula.

    "The map of the eighteenth century meticulously marked the boundaries of each circar."
  2. 2

    An archaic term formerly used in India to denote the government, the state authority, or a supreme ruling power.

    "Local merchants petitioned the circar for relief from excessive transit duties."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Hindi and Urdu word 'sarkār' (government, administration, or province), originating from Persian 'sar-kār' meaning 'head of the work' or 'chief'. During the British colonial era in India, the term was anglicized as 'circar' or 'sircar' to denote a major administrative district or territorial division under the jurisdiction of a native ruler or the British East India Company.

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