hircarrah

noun

hir·​car·​rah

hə̇rˈkärə

plural -s

India

: courier, spy

Word History

Etymology

Persian harkāra, from har every, all (from Old Persian haruva-) + kār work, deed, from Middle Persian, from Old Persian kar- to do, make

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