روشن گر
Urdu
Alternative forms
- رَوشَنْگَر (rauśangar)
Etymology
From Classical Persian روشن گر (rawšan-gar, “illuminator”).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /ɾɔː.ʃən ɡəɾ/, /ɾoː.ʃən ɡəɾ/
Noun
رَوشَن گَر or روشَن گَر • (rauśan gar or rośan gar) ? (Hindi spelling रौशनगर)
- one who enlightens, an illuminator; a spiritual teacher, guide, or leader
- (poetic) God, the illuminator of all, He who created and shone His divine creative light upon all of existence
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | روشَن گَر (raušan-gar) | روشَن گَریں (raušan-garẽ) |
| oblique | روشَن گَر (raušan-gar) | روشَن گَروں (raušan-garõ) |
| vocative | روشَن گَر (raušan-gar) | روشَن گَرو (raušan-garo) |
Derived terms
- رَوشَن گَری (rauśan garī, “enlightenment”)
References
- “گر روشن گر”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “گر روشن گر”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.