پیار

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Urdu

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Etymology

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Inherited from Middle Hindi پیار (pyar) (c. 1611),[1] Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀧𑀺𑀆𑀭 (piāra), from Sanskrit प्रियकार (priyakāra), compound of प्रिय (priyá) +‎ कार (kāra).[2]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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پْیار or پِیار (pyār or piyārm (Hindi spelling प्यार or पियार)

  1. love, romance
    Synonyms: عِشْق ('iśq), پْریم (prem), مُحَبَّت (muhabbat), اُلْفَت (ulfat)
  2. love, friendship
    Synonym: مُحَبَّت (muhabbat)
  3. affection; attachment (commonly with inanimate objects, or connoted with feelings)
  4. (euphemistic) a kiss (usually for a child)
  5. caress (ie. act of endearment)
  6. grace, respect (from an elder)
  7. grace, compassion, benevolence
  8. (rare, often in the vocative) beloved, dear

Declension

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Declension of پیار
singular plural
direct پِیار (piyār) پِیار (piyār)
oblique پِیار (piyār) پِیاروں (piyārō̃)
vocative پِیار (piyār) پِیارو (piyārō)

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ پیار”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  2. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “priyakāra”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 503

Further reading

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