Adjutant — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

an officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer

large Indian stork with a military gait

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/kæstˈɪlə/

🇬🇧British English

/kaʃˈɛtɪk/

🇮🇳Indian English

/kaʃˈɛtɪk/

3 syllables Say it as /kæstˈɪlə/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

aide-de-camp Leptoptilus dubius adjutant stork adjutant bird aide

Around the World

Europe

🇫🇷French

adjudant

un officier qui agit comme assistant militaire d'un officier supérieur

🇪🇸Spanish

ayudante

un oficial que actúa como asistente militar de un oficial de mayor rango

🇮🇹Italian

aiutante

un ufficiale che funge da assistente militare di un ufficiale più anziano

🇳🇱Dutch

adjudant

een officier die optreedt als militaire assistent van een hogere officier

🇵🇹Portuguese

ajudante

um oficial que atua como assistente militar de um oficial superior

🇷🇺Russian

адъютант

офицер, который действует как военный помощник более старшего офицера

India

🇮🇳Hindi

एजीटांट

एक अधिकारी जो अपने से अधिक वरिष्ठ अधिकारी के सैन्य सहायक के रूप में कार्य करता है

🇧🇩Bengali

সহায়ক

একজন অফিসার যিনি আরও সিনিয়র অফিসারের সামরিক সহকারী হিসাবে কাজ করেন

🇮🇳Tamil

துணை

ஒரு மூத்த அதிகாரிக்கு இராணுவ உதவியாளராக செயல்படும் அதிகாரி

🇮🇳Telugu

సహాయకుడు

మరింత సీనియర్ అధికారికి సైనిక సహాయకుడిగా పనిచేసే అధికారి

🇮🇳Marathi

सहायक

एक अधिकारी जो अधिक वरिष्ठ अधिकाऱ्याचा लष्करी सहाय्यक म्हणून काम करतो

🇮🇳Gujarati

સહાયક

એક અધિકારી જે વધુ વરિષ્ઠ અધિકારીના લશ્કરી સહાયક તરીકે કામ કરે છે

🇮🇳Kannada

ಸಹಾಯಕ

ಹೆಚ್ಚು ಹಿರಿಯ ಅಧಿಕಾರಿಗೆ ಮಿಲಿಟರಿ ಸಹಾಯಕರಾಗಿ ಕಾರ್ಯನಿರ್ವಹಿಸುವ ಅಧಿಕಾರಿ

🇮🇳Malayalam

അഡ്ജസ്റ്റൻ്റ്

കൂടുതൽ മുതിർന്ന ഉദ്യോഗസ്ഥൻ്റെ സൈനിക സഹായിയായി പ്രവർത്തിക്കുന്ന ഒരു ഉദ്യോഗസ്ഥൻ

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਸਹਾਇਕ

ਇੱਕ ਅਧਿਕਾਰੀ ਜੋ ਇੱਕ ਹੋਰ ਸੀਨੀਅਰ ਅਧਿਕਾਰੀ ਲਈ ਫੌਜੀ ਸਹਾਇਕ ਵਜੋਂ ਕੰਮ ਕਰਦਾ ਹੈ

🇵🇰Urdu

ایڈجوٹینٹ

ایک افسر جو زیادہ سینئر افسر کے فوجی معاون کے طور پر کام کرتا ہے۔

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

副官

担任高级军官军事助理的军官

🇯🇵Japanese

副官

上級将校の軍事補佐官として働く将校

🇰🇷Korean

부관

상급 장교의 군사 보좌관 역할을 하는 장교

🇻🇳Vietnamese

phụ tá

một sĩ quan làm trợ lý quân sự cho một sĩ quan cấp cao hơn

🇹🇭Thai

ผู้ช่วย

เจ้าหน้าที่ที่ทำหน้าที่เป็นผู้ช่วยทหารให้กับนายทหารอาวุโส

🇮🇩Indonesian

ajudan

seorang perwira yang bertindak sebagai asisten militer untuk perwira yang lebih senior

🇲🇾Malay

ajudan

pegawai yang bertindak sebagai pembantu tentera kepada pegawai yang lebih kanan

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

مساعد

ضابط يعمل كمساعد عسكري لضابط أعلى رتبة

🇮🇷Persian

آجودان

افسری که به عنوان دستیار نظامی افسر ارشدتر عمل می کند

🇹🇷Turkish

emir subayı

daha kıdemli bir subayın askeri asistanı olarak görev yapan bir subay

🇮🇱Hebrew

שָׁלִישׁ

קצין המשמש כעוזר צבאי לקצין בכיר יותר

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