لنگر

See also: لنكر

Persian

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἄγκῡρα (ánkūra).

Alternately of Iranian origin, cognate with Sanskrit लङ्गल (laṅgala).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? langar
Dari reading? langar
Iranian reading? langar
Tajik reading? langar

Noun

Dari لنگر
Iranian Persian
Tajik лангар

لنگر • (langar) (plural لنگرها)

  1. (nautical, Internet) anchor

Derived terms

  • لنگرگاه (langargâh)
  • لنگر انداختن (langar andâxtan)
  • لنگر افکندن (langar afkandan)

Descendants

  • → Arabic: أَنْجَر (ʔanjar)
  • → Gujarati: લંગર (laṅgar)
  • → Ottoman Turkish: لنگر (lenger)
    • Turkish: lenger
    • → Armenian: լէնկէռ (lēnkēṙ)
  • → Uyghur: لەڭگەر (lengger)
    • → Mandarin: 蘭干 (Lángān)
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.