Captain in Hindi — Meaning of कप्तान (jamadar)

📖 Meaning of “captain”

The meaning of “captain” in Hindi is कप्तान, pronounced jamadar — it is a noun. Copy the Devanagari word above, hear how it is pronounced, and use it anywhere. To type words like this yourself, try our Hindi typing tool, or explore more words in the vocabulary sets.

🔠 All meanings in Hindi

jamadar (noun) कप्तान

(noun) सेनापति

(noun) जहाज़ का अध्यक्ष

📘 Definition of captain

a dining-room attendant who is in charge of the waiters and the seating of customers

🟢 Similar words for captain

headwaiter maitre d'hotel maitre d' senior pilot skipper police captain police chief chieftain master sea captain

✍️ Captain in a sentence

The captains have great responsibilities.

जमादार ने पूरे भवन को कुशलतापूर्वक प्रबंधित किया।

🌱 Word Origin (Etymology)

Etymology tree
Portuguese capitãobor.?
English captininflu.
Hindi कप्तान
Possibly borrowed from Portuguese capitão, influenced by English captin.
Compare Konkani कापितांव (kāpitāuva), Marathi कप्तान (kaptān), कापीतांव (kāpītāuva), कपीत (kapīt).

Quick facts about “captain”

Everything we know about this word at a glance.

Word (English)

Captain

Meaning in Hindi

कप्तान

Pronunciation

jamadar

Part of speech

Noun

Similar words

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The Hindi meaning of "captain" is कप्तान (jamadar).

In Devanagari script it is written as कप्तान.

It is pronounced "jamadar". Tap the speaker icon on this page to hear it aloud.

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