अगर
Hindi
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /ə.ɡəɾ/, [ɐ.ɡɐɾ]
Etymology 1
From Sanskrit अगरु (agaru). Ultimately from Tamil அகில் (akil, “eagle-wood”).[1][2]
Noun
अगर • (agar) m (Urdu spelling اگر)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | अगर agar |
अगर agar |
| oblique | अगर agar |
अगरों agarõ |
| vocative | अगर agar |
अगरो agaro |
Derived terms
- अगरबत्ती (agarbattī)
References
- ^ Shulman, David (2016) Tamil: A biography, Harvard University Press, pages 19-20:
- We have ahalim [in Hebrew], probably derived directly from Tamil akil rather than from Sanskrit aguru, itself a loan from the Tamil (Numbers 24.8; Proverbs 7.17; Song of Songs 4.14; Psalms 45.9--the latter two instances with the feminine plural form ahalot. Akil is, we think, native to South India, and it is thus not surprising that the word was borrowed by cultures that imported this plant.
- ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “agaru”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Classical Persian اَگَر (agar).
Conjunction
अगर • (agar) (Urdu spelling اگر)