havildar

== English == === Alternative forms === avaldar, havaldar, havildah === Etymology === Borrowed from Hindustani حوالدار (ḥavāldār) / हविलदार (havildār), from Persian حوالدار (havâldâr), from Arabic حَوَالَة (ḥawāla, “charge”) + Persian دار (dâr, “holder”). === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈhavɪldɑː/ (US) IPA(key): /ˈhævɪldɑɹ/ === Noun === havildar (plural havildars) (South Asia) An noncommissioned officer rank in parts of India, later a specific military rank of the British Indian Army and of the modern armies of India and Pakistan, equivalent to sergeant.