sarkari

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi सरकारी (sarkārī). The usage of "sarkari" as a negative term originated from Khalistani supporters who condemned Sikhs who supported the government of India.

Adjective

sarkari (not comparable)

  1. (India, politics) Governmental.
    • 2007, Kuldip Singh Gulia, Ecology and Environment in the Himalayas, page 285:
      They argued that households which had received loans from other government programmes such as the Integrated Rural Development Programme, should not be entitled to ecodevelopment funds as their 'quota' for sarkari money was full.
    • 2012, Ashwini Bhatnagar, The High Bouncing Lover, page 24:
      Instead of sticking to practices followed aeons ago of sarkari school education, he should have sent him to a good convent where it was mandatory to speak in English even during the lunch break.
  2. (India, Islam, slang) Supporting the government of India, pro-establishment; specifically, the BJP and Hindutva, against Indian Muslim interests.

Derived terms
  • sarkari Muslim, sarkari Musalman (a Muslim who favours BJP policies instead of Muslim activism)
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