پگار
Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Gujarati પગાર (pagār), from Portuguese pagar.[1]
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /pə.ɡɑːɾ/
- Rhymes: -ɑːɾ
- Hyphenation: پَ‧گار
Noun
پَگار • (pagār) f (Hindi spelling पगार)
Usage notes
Orignally used in The Bombay Presidency.[2]
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | پَگار (pagār) | پَگاریں (pagārẽ) |
| oblique | پَگار (pagār) | پَگاروں (pagārõ) |
| vocative | پَگار (pagār) | پَگارو (pagāro) |
References
- ^ “پگار”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- ^ Xavier, Anthony Soares, transl. (1936) [1913], Portuguese Vocables in Asiatic Languages, Baroda: Oriental Institute, translation of Influencia do Vocabulario Português em Línguas Asiáticas by Sebastião Rodolfo Dalgado (in Portuguese), →ISBN, page 249, column 1
Further reading
- “پگار”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.