subahdar

noun

su·​bah·​dar ˌsü-bə-ˈdär 

variants or subadar

1

: a governor of a province

2

: the chief Indian officer of a company of Indian troops in the British army of India

Word History

Etymology

Hindi & Urdu sūbadār, sūbedār, from Persian ṣūbadār, from ṣūba province (from Arabic) + -dār one holding

First Known Use

1681, in the meaning defined at sense 1