प्यार

See also: प्यारा and प्यारो

Hindi

Etymology

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From Sanskrit प्रियकार (priyakāra).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /pjɑːɾ/, [pjäːɾ]

Noun

प्यार • (pyār) m (Urdu spelling پیار)

1. love, strong affection

   तुम्हारे लिए मेरा प्यार तगड़ा है।

   tumhāre lie merā pyār tagṛā hai.

   My love for you is strong.

   पहले प्यार, फिर शादी!

   pahle pyār, phir śādī!

   First love, then marriage!

2. caress
3. a kiss (from a child)
4. fondness
5. friendship

Synonyms

• (love): प्रेम (prem), इश्क़ (iśq), मुहब्बत (muhabbat)
• (friendship): दोस्ती (dostī), मित्राई (mitrāī)

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “प्यार”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Platts, John Thompson. A dictionary of Urdu, Classical Hindi, and English London: W. H. Allen & Co., 1884.