پیار

See also: پیاز, تیار, پيار, and بئار

Punjabi

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀧𑀺𑀆𑀭 (piāra), from Sanskrit प्रियकार (priyakāra), compound of प्रिय (priyá) +‎ कार (kāra).

Pronunciation

Noun

پیْار • (piyār) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਪਿਆਰ)

  1. love (ie. romance)
  2. friendship, kindness
  3. (euphemistic) a kiss
  4. grace, respect (from an elder)
  5. (rare, often in the vocative) beloved, dear
    Synonym: سَجَّݨ (sajjaṇ)

Declension

Declension of پیار
singular plural
direct پیْار (piyār) پیْار (piyār)
oblique پیْار (piyār) پیْاراں (piyārāṉ)
vocative پیْارا (piyārā) پیْارو (piyāro)
ablative پیْاروں (piyāroṉ) پیْاراں (piyārāṉ)
locative پیْارے (piyāre) پیْارِیں (piyārīṉ)
instrumental پیْاروں (piyāroṉ) –

Further reading

  • Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “پیار”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
  • Bashir, Kanwal (2012) “پیار”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Hyattsville, MD: Dunwoody Press
  • “ਪਿਆਰ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “priyakāra”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 503

Urdu

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Hindi پیار (pyar) (c. 1611),[1] Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀧𑀺𑀆𑀭 (piāra), from Sanskrit प्रियकार (priyakāra), compound of प्रिय (priyá) +‎ कार (kāra).[2]

Pronunciation

Noun

پْیار or پِیار • (pyār or piyār) m (Hindi spelling प्यार or पियार)

  1. love, romance
    Synonyms: عِشْق ('iśq), پْریم (prem), مُحَبَّت (muhabbat), اُلْفَت (ulfat)
  2. love, friendship
    Synonym: مُحَبَّت (muhabbat)
  3. affection; attachment (commonly with inanimate objects, or connoted with feelings)
  4. (euphemistic) a kiss (usually for a child)
  5. caress (ie. act of endearment)
  6. grace, respect (from an elder)
  7. grace, compassion, benevolence
  8. (rare, often in the vocative) beloved, dear

Declension

Declension of پیار
singular plural
direct پِیار (piyār) پِیار (piyār)
oblique پِیار (piyār) پِیاروں (piyārõ)
vocative پِیار (piyār) پِیارو (piyāro)

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ “پیار”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  2. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “priyakāra”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 503

Further reading

More information
  • “پیار”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “پيار”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
  • Platts, John T. (1884) “پيار”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
  • S. W. Fallon (1879) “پيار”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co., page 389
  • John Shakespear (1834) “پیار”, 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
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