النکار

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit अलंकार (alaṃkāra).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ə.ləŋ.kɑːɾ/

Noun

النکار • (alaṅkār) m (Hindi spelling अलंकार)

1. ornament, adornment, embellishment, decoration
2. (rhetoric) an ornament of sound or sense

References

• Platts, John T. (1884) “النکار”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.