خدمتکار

Persian

Alternative forms

خِدْمَتْگار (xedmatgâr), خِدْمَتْگَر (xedmatgar)

Etymology

From (xedmat, “service”) +‎ (-gâr).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [xið.mat.ˈɡɑːɾ]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [xed̪.mæt̪.kʰɒ́ːɹ], [xed̪.mæt̪.ɡɒ́ːɹ]

Readings
Classical reading^?	xiḏmatgār

Iranian reading^?	xedmatkâr, xedmatgâr

Noun

خدمتکار • (xedmatkâr)

domestic worker, servant, butler, maid
Synonyms: نوکر (nowkar), چاکر (čâker), مستخدم (mostaxdem)

Descendants

→ Gujarati: ખિદમતગાર (khidmatgār)
→ Ottoman Turkish: خدمتكار (hizmetkâr), خذمتكار (hizmetkâr)
- Turkish: hizmetkâr
- → Albanian: hyzmeqar
- → Armenian: խըզմէթքեար (xəzmētʻkʻear)
- → Aromanian: huzmichear, uzmichear, iuzmichear, hizmichear, izmichear
- → Bulgarian: измекя́р (izmekjár), измекя́рин (izmekjárin)
- → Greek: χουσμεκιάρης (chousmekiáris)
- → Georgian: ხიზმეთქარი (xizmetkari)
- → Laz: ხეზმეკჲარი (xezmeǩyari)
- → Macedonian: измеќар (izmeḱar)
- → Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: хизмѐћа̄р, измѐћа̄р
  Latin script: hizmèćār, izmèćār
→ Pashto: خدمتګار (xedmatgār)

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