what sardar means

[Jassika]

my mom was just telling me the original meaning of "sardar" was just a high rank of people meaning rich. Guru Gobind Singh Ji said we're all sardars...

[moorakh mugadh]

vwihgurU jI kw Kwlsw!

vwihgurU jI kI &iqh!!

SARDAR IS WAFAADAAR :wub: ))))

[KhalsaSingh]

Sar Dar

Sir da Dar

i.e. you see a singh and your scared that u will loose ur head if u do something wrong. kinda like 'the enforcer' now its just a joke cos no ones scared of the singhs as half of them r punjabi jokers who eat dead bodies of animals and have big beer bellies. the saadh sangat requires a bit of effort to find.

[Ghulam Singh]

For me, when I see a Sardar, I see a brother, thats my meaning of the word.

[Akaali]

Someone with superiority

Someone rich

Someone with a high place in society

Its one of the key things Guru Gobind Singh ji blessed Sikhs with. Either you're a sardaar or a sardaarni.

I met one of my old buddies from high school, he saw me with a dastaar a few days ago, since I use to have a hair cut, first off he was very happy, and he started saying how, whenever you see a sardaar, or a khalsa, you automatically know, and they get so much respect by everyone, people call them "sardaar ji" or "khalsa ji". With monay, they're just like sheep they blend in with the crowd, and no-one notices them, but the lion always stands out, from his talk it looked like he will also start wearing a dastaar soon :wub:

[S1ngh]

As a cultural viewpoint.. Sardar name was given to very few ppls.. Like in pind there will be only one or two sardars.. meaning Rich ppls who own acreeeeessss of land and so on.. You probably hear from some ppl like "Sardar Neh..."

[Simran9]

i was listening to keertan yesterday and meaning of sardar was explained. Sardari was given to us by Guru Gobind Singh ji, thats his gift to us. A sardar is sikh with 5 K's who has taken care of that sardari (sambhaal ke rakhiya), kept it properly with dharri kesh and turban.

we see wedding invitation cards that say sardar flana singh's son's wedding....but the sardar flana singh doesn't even have dharri on his face or turban so how is he a sardar?

A raja gets the title of raja because he is a raja, an MLA gets the title because he is an MLA. A yogi gets the title of yogi because he does yoga. Likewise, a sardar gets the title of sardar if he is a sardar.

if a sikh with 5 K's and turban is totally bankrupt financially, doesn't have a penny in his pocket, doesn't have any land/property, nothing at all.......but lets say he goes to UP, the ppl there will call him sardar ji. so a sardar isn't person who has acres of land the way punjabi culture has taught us.

sardar is Guru Gobind Singh's amritdhari sikh. :e: :wub: (this reply contained none of my opinion, all of it is from the keertan i heard)

[Deep Singh]

The 'Dictionary' meaning of Sardar is:

According to Bhai Kahan Singh Nabha in Mahan Kosh:

Sardar - (Farsi/Persian); 1. Pardhan (chief/leader), Mukhia (head/leader), Shiromani ('the prime object'/leader/head).

So the word Sardar is from Persian and simply means a 'head' or leader. I have a Kurdish friend, and from him i know that Sardar word is also used in their language, Kurdish language. His understanding of the words was that Sardar is a military leader at a small level, perhaps a head of 10-20 men who are under his direct command. This friend of mine uses the word Sardar as his lastname/family name.

In the Sikh understanding of the words; it is a Sikh male, who wears a dastaar (turban). It may or may not include an Amritdhari Sikh, but i haven't heard of any such conventional meaning. And normally it is used for any Keshadhari-Daastar wearing Sikh.

However the Punjabi understanding is much broader; there have been Muslim and Hindu Sardars in Punjab. They used the word as they were leaders of their villages/groups etc. And as pagri is also a part of Punjabi culture, they also wore a turban, but it is not in the same sense as the Sikh dastaar. The Muslim/Hindu pagri was a sign of honour, respect and leadership.

[Mehtab Singh]

I walked through 200-300 Arabs 2 weeks ago during my evening walk. They were celebrating something (dunno what ). Not one of them said or remarked anything, not even in whispers. Just one old Arab uncle came upto my face and yelled SARDAAR!!!! :wub: and walked away, and he was just acknowledging the fact as to who I was. Its surprising that Arabs respect Sikhs more than Indians or even goray (not all but the educated Arabs atleast do). Maybe its our appearance which matches that of ancient Arabian kings :e: .

[S1ngh]

I walked through 200-300 Arabs 2 weeks ago during my evening walk. They were celebrating something (dunno what ). Not one of them said or remarked anything, not even in whispers. Just one old Arab uncle came upto my face and yelled SARDAAR!!!! :wub: and walked away, and he was just acknowledging the fact as to who I was. Its surprising that Arabs respect Sikhs more than Indians or even goray (not all but the educated Arabs atleast do). Maybe its our appearance which matches that of ancient Arabian kings :e: .

oye hoye.. Shaaaahh giya singh apana :e: