Shirastedara, Śirastēdāra, Śirastedāra: 3 definitions

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Shirastedara means something in Marathi. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

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Marathi-English dictionary

[«previous next»] — Shirastedara in Marathi glossary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

śirastēdāra (शिरस्तेदार).—m ( P) The head native clerk in the office of a Collector or in a court of justice. His duty is to take down depositions; prepare rules, orders, and other process; examine accounts; make translations or copies of papers; draft answers to all reports and references &c. &c.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

śirastēdāra (शिरस्तेदार).—m The head native clerk in a court of justice.

context information

Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

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Kannada-English dictionary

[«previous next»] — Shirastedara in Kannada glossary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Śirastedāra (ಶಿರಸ್ತೆದಾರ):—

1) [noun] an officer at taluk or sub-divisional level in the revenue department.

2) [noun] the head-clerk in the office of a law-court.

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Śirastēdāra (ಶಿರಸ್ತೇದಾರ):—[noun] = ಶಿರಸ್ತೆದಾರ [shirastedara].

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Ṣirastedāra (ಷಿರಸ್ತೆದಾರ):—

1) [noun] an officer at taluk or subdivisional level in the revenue department.

2) [noun] the head-clerk in the officie of a law-court.

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Sirastēdāra (ಸಿರಸ್ತೇದಾರ):—

1) [noun] an officer at taluk or subdivisional level in the revenue department.

2) [noun] the chief clerk in the officie of a law-court; the head-clerk.

context information

Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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