ফৌজদার

Bengali

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian فَوجْدَار (fawjdār). By surface analysis, ফৌজ (phōuj) +‎ -দার (-dar).

Pronunciation

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /fou̯d͡ʒɔd̪aɾ/, [ˈfou̯d͡ʒɔd̪aɾ]

• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /fou̯dʑɔd̪aɹ/, [ˈfou̯dʑɔd̪aɹ]

Noun

ফৌজদার • (phōujodar)

1. an army commander
2. commissioner of police
3. an officer-in charge of the police
4. a district magistrate or a divisional commissioner
5. a provincial governor

Declension

Inflection of ফৌজদার
nominative	ফৌজদার phōujodar
objective	ফৌজদারকে phōujodar (semantically general or indefinite) / phōujodarke (semantically definite)
genitive	ফৌজদারের phōujodarer
	Indefinite forms
nominative	ফৌজদার phōujodar
objective	ফৌজদারকে phōujodar (semantically general or indefinite) / phōujodarke (semantically definite)
genitive	ফৌজদারের phōujodarer
	Definite forms
	singular		plural
nominative	ফৌজদারটা, ফৌজদারটি phōujodarṭa (colloquial), phōujodarṭi (formal)		ফৌজদারেরা phōujodarera
objective	ফৌজদারটাকে, ফৌজদারটিকে phōujodarṭake (colloquial), phōujodarṭike (formal)		ফৌজদারদের(কে) phōujodarder(ke)
genitive	ফৌজদারটার, ফৌজদারটির phōujodarṭar (colloquial), phōujodarṭir (formal)		ফৌজদারদের phōujodarder
Objective Note: In some dialects -রে (-re) marks this case instead of -কে (-ke).

Further reading

More information

• Biswas, Sailendra (2000) “ফৌজ”, in Samsad Bengali-English dictionary, 3^rd edition, Calcutta: Sahitya Samsad, →OCLC, page 711.
• Dāsa, Jñānendramohana (1937-1938) “ফৌজদার”, in Bāṅgālā bhāshāra abhidhāna (in Bengali), 2^nd edition, Kalikata: Indian Publishing House, →OCLC, page 1465.
• Atindra Mojumder (1981) “ফৌজদার”, in Arabic, Persian and Turkish Words in Bengali Literature, Melbourne: University of Melbourne; republished 15 Shyama Charan Dey Street, Kolkata 700073: Ekush Shatak, 2012, page 322