mehtar
noun
meh·tar
variants or less commonly mehter
ˈmātə(r)
plural -s
1
: a groom or stable boy in Iran
2
usually capitalized : a member of a harijan caste of sweepers and scavengers in India
Word History
Etymology
Persian mihtar prince, greater, elder, from mih great (from Middle Persian meh, mas) + -tar, comparative suffix (from Middle Persian, from Old Persian -tara-)
- semicircular canal
- semicircular dome
- semicircular vault
- semicircumference
- semicircumferentor
- semicirque
- semicirques
- semicivilized
- semiclassic
- semiclassical
- semiclassics
- semiclimber
- semiclimbing
- semicoke
- semicolon
- semicolon butterfly
- semicolonial
- semicolonialism
- semicolonialisms
- semicolonies
- semicolons
- semicolony
- semicolumn
- semicomas
- semicommercial