नौकर
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Hindi[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Classical Persian نوکر (nawkar), from a Turkic source, ultimately from Proto-Mongolic *nökör (“friend”). Compare Punjabi ਨੌਕਰ (naukar) / نوکَر (nokar), Gujarati નોકર (nokar), Marathi नोकर (nokar), Bengali নওকর (noōkor), Kannada ನೌಕರ (naukara).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
नौकर • (naukar) m (feminine नौकरानी, Urdu spelling نَوکَر)
Declension[edit]
Declension of नौकर (masc cons-stem)
Derived terms[edit]
- नौकरी (naukrī)
References[edit]
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “नौकर”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
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