صدر ṣadr, vulg. ṣadar v.n. fr. صدر 'to issue, proceed,' c.
A صدر ṣadr, vulg. ṣadar (v.n. fr. صدر 'to issue, proceed,' &c.), s.m. & f. The breast, chest, bosom; the upper or uppermost part or end (of anything), the highest part; the first part (of); the first place or seat (in an assembly); the seat of Government, the presidency (as opp. to the provinces or the Mofussil); the head-quarters of a district; a military cantonment; the head, chief or principal (in comp. it may often be rendered adjectively as 'chief, principal, supreme, foremost, first,' &c.);—exaltation, pre-eminence;—adv. At the top; above; before (used in comp., e.g. mufaṣṣila-ě-ṣadar, 'detailed above, or before-detailed'):—ṣadr-ě-aʻz̤am, s.m. A prime minister:—ṣadr-aʻlạ̄, s.m.=ṣadr-ě-ṣudūr, q.v.:—ṣadr-amīn, s.m. Head or chief amīn, q.v.;—a subordinate judge (lower than ṣadr-aʻlạ̄;—the office has been abolished):—ṣadr-bāzār, s.m. The chief bazār in a military cantonment:—ṣadr-borḍ, s.m. The Board of Revenue, the highest revenue court:—ṣadr-jamʻ, s.m.=ṣadr-māl-guẕārī, q.v.:—ṣadr-dīwān or ṣadr-dīwān-ě-aʻlā, s.m. A chancellor:—ṣadr-dīwānī or ṣadr-dīwānī-ʻadālat, s.f. The High Court of Justice for civil
suits (in India):—ṣadr-sarrishta, s.m. The chief revenue office in a district; the collector's office;—the highest authority or head of an office:—ṣadruʼṣ-ṣudūr, or ṣadr-ě-ṣudūr, or ṣadr-ṣudūr, s.m. Chief judge; chancellor; (in India), the principal Sadr-amīn (now called a subordinate judge):—ṣadr-ʻadālat, s.f. The Supreme Court of Justice:—ṣadr-fauj-dārī-ʻadālat or ṣadr-niz̤āmat-ʻadālat, s.f. The chief criminal court:—ṣadr-māl-guz̤ār, s.m. The head-man or representative of a joint-tenancy village who engages for and pays the revenue due from the community to the government:—ṣadr-māl-guz̤ārī, s.f. The sum-total of revenue payable to government direct (exclusive of cesses, &c.):—ṣadr-majisṭreṭ, s.m. Chief magistrate:—ṣadr-maqām, s.m. Head-quarters:—ṣadr-nishīn, s.m. 'Sitter in the chief seat'; a president, chairman.
