English Explanatory Dictionary

bargir

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A trooper of irregular cavalry who is (unlike a silladar) not the owner of his troop horse and arms, but either is put in by another person, perhaps a native officer in the regiment who takes part of his pay, or has his horse from the state he serves.

Word forms

bargir bargirs bargeer

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi बरगीर (bargīr), from Persian بارگیر (bârgir, “baggage-horse”), from بار (bâr, “load, burden, cargo”) + گیر (gir, “carrying”), the present stem of گرفتن (gereftan).

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