سرکار

سرکار • (sarkar) m

1. government
2. estate, holdings
3. (regional) a district made up of several tribes
4. chief, leader

• Pashtoon, Zeeya A. (2009), “سرکار”, in Pashto–English Dictionary, Hyattsville: Dunwoody Press
• “سرکار”, in Pashto Dictionary, Peshawar, Pakistan: Pukhtoogle, 2020.

From سر (sar, “head”) +‎ ـکار (-kâr, “work, business”); or from سرکارگر (sarkârgar).

سرکار • (sarkār / sarkâr) (plural سرکارها (sarkār-hā / sarkâr-hâ), Tajik spelling саркор)

1. supervisor, superintendent, overseer, employer, taskmaster
2. polite form of address for someone of authority (male)
3. (historical) sarkar

• سرکار خانم (sarkār xānum / sarkâr xânom)

• → Assamese: চৰকাৰ (sorkar)
• → Bengali: সরকার (śorkar)
• → Gujarati: સરકાર (sarkār)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: सरकार (sarkār)

  Urdu: سَرْکَار (sarkār)

  • → English: sarkar, sirkar, circar, sircar
• → Baluchi: سرکار (sarkār)
• → Kannada: ಸರ್ಕಾರ (sarkāra)
• → Marathi: सरकार (sarkār)
• → Nepali: सरकार (sarkār)
• → Punjabi: ਸਰਕਾਰ (sarkār)
• → Tamil: சர்க்கார் (carkkār)
• → Malayalam: സർക്കാർ (saṟkkāṟ)
• → Ottoman Turkish: سركار (serkâr)
• → Swahili: serikali (via Arabic)
  • → Luhya: eserikali

• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–), “سرکار”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press

Borrowed from Classical Persian سَرْکَار (sarkār).

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /səɾ.käːɾ/, [səɾ(ə̆).ˈkäːɾ(ə̆)]
• Rhymes: -äːɾ

سَرْکَار • (sarkār) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਸਰਕਾਰ)

1. (countable) a government of a nation
2. (uncountable) the government
3. (historical) sarkar
4. ruler, chief; an honorific for a ruler, master, officer etc.
5. (figuratively, sometimes sarcastic) one who is the best, chief

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002), “سرکار”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: عزیز پبلشرز [ʻazīz pabliśarz]
• Bashir, Kanwal (2012), “سرکار”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Hyattsville, MD: Dunwoody Press
• “ਸਰਕਾਰ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025

Borrowed from Classical Persian سَرْکَار (sarkār).

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /səɾ.kɑːɾ/
• Rhymes: -ɑːɾ

سَرْکار • (sarkār) f (Hindi spelling सरकार)

1. (proscribed in Pakistan) government

   Synonym: حُکُومَت (hukūmat)

2. (figuratively) sir, mister

   Synonyms: صَاحِب (sāhib), حُضُور (huzūr), جَناب (janāb)

3. sarkar

• See usage notes of حُکُومَت (hukūmat).

• “سرکار”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “سرکار”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.