# mehtar

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. A ruler in certain princely states of the Northwest Frontier region.
2. A sweeper or scavenger of low caste.

## Etymology
From Persian مهتر (“prince, chief, elder, great personage”). Regarding the sense of a scavenger, Yule & Burnell (see References) state that the term was "applied to the class in question in irony, or rather in consolation".

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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