sirdar
(noun) an important person in India
Source: WordNet® 3.1
sirdar (plural sirdars)
A high-ranking person in India and other areas of west-central Asia; a chief, a headman.
The leader of a group of Sherpa mountain guides.
Source: Wiktionary
Sir*dar", n Etym: [Hind. & Per. sardar a chief, general; sar the head, top + dar holding, possessing.]
Definition: A native chief in Hindostan; a headman. Malcom.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
9 May 2025
(noun) anything in accord with principles of justice; “he feels he is in the right”; “the rightfulness of his claim”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
