خدمتکار

Persian

Alternative forms

• خِدْمَتْگار (xedmatgâr), خِدْمَتْگَر (xedmatgar)

Etymology

From خِدْمَت (xedmat, “service”) +‎ ـگار (-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)

1. 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)