प्यार

See also: प्यारा and प्यारो

Hindi

Alternative forms

• पियार (piyār)

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀧𑀺𑀆𑀭 m (piāra, “love”), from Sanskrit प्रिय n (priya, “love, kindness, favour, pleasure”) + कार (kāra, “act”) (compare with the actual compound प्रियकार (priyakāra, “agreeable, doing a kindness”, adjective)).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /pjɑːɾ/, [pjäːɾ]

Noun

प्यार • (pyār) m (Urdu spelling پیار‎)

1. love, strong affection

   पहले प्यार, फिर शादी! ― pahle pyār, phir śādī! ― First love, then marriage!

   Synonyms: इश्क़ (iśq), आशिक़ी (āśiqī), मुहब्बत (muhabbat), स्नेह (sneh), प्रेम (prem), प्रीति (prīti), रति (rati), मोह (moh)

2. caress
3. a kiss

   Synonyms: चुंबा (cumbā), चुंबन (cumban)

4. fondness

   Synonym: रुचि (ruci)

5. friendship

   Synonyms: मित्रता (mitratā), दोस्ती (dostī), मैत्री (maitrī), मित्राई (mitrāī), बंधुत्व (bandhutva), बंधुता (bandhutā), सखित्व (sakhitva)

Declension

Declension of प्यार (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	प्यार pyār	प्यार pyār
oblique	प्यार pyār	प्यारों pyārõ
vocative	प्यार pyār	प्यारो pyāro

Further reading

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “प्यार”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• “प्यार”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English] (in English), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.
• Platts, John T. (1884), “पियार”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• Bahri, Hardev (1989), “प्यार”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.
• Caturvedi, Mahendra; Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970), “प्यार”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House
• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975), “प्यार”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “priyakāra”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press