burkundaz

noun

bur·​kun·​daz

¦bərkən¦däz

plural -es

: an armed guard or policeman of 18th and 19th century India

Word History

Etymology

Hindi barqandāz, from Persian, from barq lightning (from Arabic) + andāz thrower

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