سنگار
Urdu
Etymology
Inherited from Prakrit 𑀲𑀺𑀁𑀕𑀸𑀭 (siṃgāra), from Sanskrit शृङ्गार (śṛṅgāra).[1] Cognate with Punjabi سِن٘گار (siṉgār).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /sɪŋ.ɡɑːɾ/
- Rhymes: -ɑːɾ
- Hyphenation: سِن٘‧گار
Noun
سِن٘گار • (siṅgār) m (Hindi spelling सिंगार)
- adornment, embellishment, ornament (flowers, jewellery, clothes, etc.)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | سِن٘گار (siṅgār) | سِن٘گار (siṅgār) |
| oblique | سِن٘گار (siṅgār) | سِن٘گاروں (siṅgārõ) |
| vocative | سِن٘گار (siṅgār) | سِن٘گارو (siṅgāro) |
References
- ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “śrṅgāra”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
Further reading
- “سنگار”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “سنگار”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “سنگ”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
- Platts, John T. (1884) “سنگار”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
- John Shakespear (1834) “سنگار”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC
- S. W. Fallon (1879) “سنگار”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co.