jemadarEtymologyBorrowed from Urdu جمعدار (jamadār), from Persian جمعدار (jam'-dār), from Arabic جَمْع (jamʕ, “gathering”) + Persian ـدار (-dār, “bearer”).jemadar means A former rank in the British Indian Army, the lowest rank for a viceroy's commissioned officer. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.nounA former rank in the British Indian Army, the lowest rank for a viceroy's commissioned officer.“Mr. Neilson also adds that a jemidar told him that when he was a lad he remembered going with others to see a wolf-child which had been netted.”