langar

From Hindi लंगर (laṅgar), Punjabi ਲੰਗਰ (laṅgar, “public kitchen, almshouse”), and their source, Classical Persian لنگر (langar, “public eating-place attached to Sufi shrine”). Doublet of anchor.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈlʌŋɡə/
• Rhymes: -ʌŋɡə(ɹ)

langar (countable and uncountable, plural langars)

1. (countable, Sikhism) A public eating-place in South Asia, now especially a communal kitchen run by a Sikh community and serving free food. [from 19th c.]
   • 2016, Sunil Khilnani, Incarnations, Penguin, published 2017, page 98:

     While many hungry people go to the langars in Delhi's gurudwaras, or in Birmingham, or the two in Queens, New York, because the food is good and free, there's a decidedly political dimension […]

2. (uncountable) The free food served at such a place.

• langgar

• Largan, Raglan, raglan

langar

1. drizzle

langar m (plural langars)

1. langar

langar m

1. nominative indefinite plural of langur

langar

1. present indicative of langa

langar

1. feminine plural nominative/accusative strong positive degree of langr

langar

1. inflection of langa:
   1. second-person singular present indicative active
   2. third-person singular present indicative active

langar

1. present indicative of langa

• naglar