|bərkən|däz noun
( -es )
Etymology: Hindi barqandāz, from Persian, from barq lightning (from Arabic) + andāz thrower
: an armed guard or policeman of 18th and 19th century India
|bərkən|däz noun
( -es )
Etymology: Hindi barqandāz, from Persian, from barq lightning (from Arabic) + andāz thrower
: an armed guard or policeman of 18th and 19th century India
Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012