جگر

See also: چکر

Baluchi

Noun

جگر • (jagar, jigar)

1. liver

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Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Persian جگر (jegar).

Noun

جگر • (ciger)

1. liver, lung

Descendants

• Turkish: ciğer
• → Armenian: ջիգյար (ǰigyar), ջիգար (ǰigar), ճիյեր (čiyer), ճիկար (čikar); ջիգեար (ǰigear)
• → Bulgarian: джигѐр (džigèr)
• → Hungarian: zsiger
• → Greek: τζιέρι (tziéri), τζιγέρι (tzigéri)
• → Macedonian: џигер (džiger)

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Persian

Alternative forms

• جیگر

Etymology

From Middle Persian ykl (jagar), from Old Persian [Term?], from Proto-Iranian *Hyákr̥, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hyákr̥, from Proto-Indo-European *Hyékʷr̥ (“liver”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dʒeɡæɾ/
• IPA^(key): [dʒeˈɡʲæɾ]
  • IPA^(key): [dʒɪˈɡʲæɾ]

Noun

Dari	جگر
Iranian Persian
Tajik	ҷигар

جگر • (jegar)

1. liver
2. dear, darling (metaphorically)

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Urdu

Etymology

From Persian جگر (jegar).

Noun

جگر • (jigar) m (Hindi spelling जिगर)

1. liver
2. (poetic) heart
3. (poetic) mind
4. (poetic) spirit
5. (poetic) courage
6. dear, darling (metaphorically)

Synonyms

• کلیجا