A Sardar or Sirdar is a Sherpa mountain guide who manages all the other Sherpas in a climbing expedition or trekking group; Sirdar is the most common spelling used in the majority of English-language mountaineering literature.
A Sardar or Sirdar is a Sherpa mountain guide who oversees and coordinates the activities of all other Sherpas in an expedition or trekking group; this title is commonly employed in English-language mountaineering literature.