What is "sircar"

Sircar \Sir*car"\, n. [Hind. & Per. sark[=a]r a superintendant, overseer, chief; Per. sar the head + k[=a]r action, work.]

1. A Hindoo clerk or accountant. [India]

2. A district or province; a circar. [India]

3. The government; the supreme authority of the state.

n. 1 (context India English) A Hindu clerk or accountant. 2 (context India English) A district or province; a circar. 3 (context India English) The government; the supreme authority of the state.

Sircar is the surname of:

• Birendranath Sircar (1901–1980), Indian film producer and the founder of New Theatres, Calcutta
• Dineshchandra Sircar (1907–1985), Indian epigraphist, historian, numismatist and folklorist
• Joydeep Sircar (b. 1947), Indian mountaineer and mountaineering historian
• Nilratan Sircar (1861–1943), Indian doctor, educationist, philanthropist and swadeshi entrepreneur
• Shoojit Sircar, Indian film director and producer