havildar

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈhavɪldɑː/    美 /ˈhævɪldɑɹ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. 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. South-Asia
    — ‘There was a great fight,’ said the Havildar, ‘and of us no man escaped unhurt.’

词形变化

havildars plural avaldar alternative havaldar alternative havildah alternative

词源

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