circar

circar

⇒CIRCAR, subst. masc.
Subdivision d'une province de l'empire mogol de l'Inde :
J'étais entré dans les quatre circars, pour me rapprocher de M. de Bussy, à qui je voulais m'offrir comme médiateur d'une alliance avec les Marattes, que je croyais utile aux intérêts de la France.
JOUY, L'Hermite de la Chaussée d'Antin, t. 4, 1813, p. 343.
Étymol. et Hist. 1813 (JOUY, loc. cit.). Mot hindi (KLEIN Etymol., s.v. sircar) ou urdu (NED, s.v. sirkar) , empr. au pers. « chef », puis « cour princière » (d'apr. FREYTAG, Lexicon arabico-latinum, Hall, 1830-35, t. 2, p. 311a), sens attesté en Inde d'apr. l'angl. sercarr en 1619 ds NED; « province, province fiscale » d'apr. l'angl. sircar 1590 ds DALG. t. 2, p. 308, d'où le fr. serkar « bureau des trésors du roi » en 1668, BERNIER, Voyages ds DALG. t. 2, p. 295, s.v. sarcar et sarquet « id. » 1676, TAVERNIER, Voyages, ibid.; « gouvernement, État » d'apr. le port. sarcarr en 1633 ds DALG., loc. cit., l'angl. sircar 1798 ds NED, s.v. sirkar, le fr. circar, 1813, supra. Fréq. abs. littér. :1.

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