قلندر

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian قلندر (qalandar), from Arabic قَلَنْدَر (qalandar), from Classical Persian کلندر (kalandar, “a rough, uncouth man”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /qə.lən.d̪əɾ/
• Rhymes: -əɾ

Noun

قَلَنْدَر • (qalandar) m (indeclinable, Hindi spelling क़लंदर)

1. qalandar

References

• “قلندر”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “قلندر”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.