Where does “فوجدار” come from?
فوجدار (Persian) comes from Persian ـدار, from Old Persian 𐎭𐎠𐎼𐎹𐎫𐎡𐎹, from Proto-Iranian dāráyati, from Proto-Indo-Iranian dʰāráyati, from Proto-Indo-European dʰor-éye-ti, from Proto-Indo-European -éyeti, from Proto-Indo-European -yeti — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.
فوجدار (Persian): an officer or the police in Hindustan, and chief magistrate of a chaklah
Definitions
- an officer or the police in Hindustan, and chief magistrate of a chaklah
Ancestry of “فوجدار”, step by step
فوجدار traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Persian ـدار
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Persian | ـدار | a suffix indicating ownership in compound words |
| 2 | Old Persian | 𐎭𐎠𐎼𐎹𐎫𐎡𐎹 | to hold, have |
| 3 | Proto-Iranian | dāráyati | to bear, hold |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | dʰāráyati | to bear, hold |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰor-éye-ti | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -éyeti | Forms causative imperfective verbs from roots;... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -yeti | Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots |