ایلغار

Ottoman Turkish

Noun

ایلغار • (ılgar)

1. gallop
2. cavalry charge
3. cavalry raid

Descendants

• Turkish: ılgar

References

• Redhouse, James W. (1890), “ایلغار”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 305

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Turkic. Compare Ottoman Turkish ایلغار (ılgar), Azerbaijani ilğar, Uzbek ilgʻor, Uyghur ئىلغار (ilghar).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ʔiːl.ˈɣaːr/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔiːl.ˈɣɑːɾ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔiːl.ˈɣɑːɾ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔiːl.ˈɣɑːɾ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔil.ˈɣɔːɾ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔiːl.ˈɢɒːɹ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔil.ˈʁɔɾ]

Readings
Classical reading?	īlġār
Dari reading?	īlġār
Iranian reading?	ilġâr
Tajik reading?	ilġor

Noun

ایلغار • (ilġâr)

1. invasion

   Synonyms: تهاجم (tahâjom), هجوم (hojum), حمله (hamle)

   ایلغار مغول

   ilġâr-e moġul

   the Mongol invasion

Derived terms

• ایلغار کردن (ilġâr kardan, “to invade”)

Descendants

• → Middle Hindi: يلغار (ylġar)
  • Hindustani: yalġār

    Hindi: यलग़ार

    Urdu: یَلْغار

Further reading

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892), “ايلغار”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul, page 131
• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934), “ایلغار”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim, page 1055