प्यारा
Hindi
Alternative forms
- पियारा (piyārā)
Etymology
Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit *𑀧𑀺𑀕𑀸𑀭𑀕 (*pigāraga) (compare 𑀧𑀺𑀆𑀭 m (piāra, “love”)), from Sanskrit प्रियकारक (priyakāraka). By surface analysis, प्यार (pyār) + -आ (-ā).
Adjective
प्यारा • (pyārā) (Urdu spelling پیارا)
- darling, dear, beloved
- मेरे प्यारे पिता। ― mere pyāre pitā. ― My dear father.
- lovely, pleasing, agreeable, charming
- यह दृश्य बहुत प्यारा है। ― yah dŕśya bahut pyārā hai. ― This scene is very lovely.
Declension
| masculine | feminine | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | singular | plural | |
| direct | प्यारा pyārā |
प्यारे pyāre |
प्यारी pyārī |
प्यारी pyārī |
| oblique | प्यारे pyāre |
प्यारे pyāre |
प्यारी pyārī |
प्यारी pyārī |
| vocative | प्यारे pyāre |
प्यारे pyāre |
प्यारी pyārī |
प्यारी pyārī |
Synonyms
- दुलारा (dulārā)
Further reading
- Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “प्यारा”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “प्यारा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
- “प्यारा”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
- Platts, John T. (1884) “पियारा”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.