English Explanatory Dictionary

pasdaran

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A Revolutionary Guard (member of the Army of the Guardians of the Islamic Revolution)

Word forms

pasdaran pasdarans

Etymology

From Persian پاسداران, plural of پاسدار (“guard, sentinel, watchman”), from داشتن پاس 'to keep a watch', from Middle Persian, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂- and *dʰer-.

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