langar
English
Etymology
From Hindi लंगर (laṅgar), Punjabi ਲੰਗਰ (laṅgar, “public kitchen, almshouse”), and their source, Persian لنگر (“public eating-place attached to Sufi shrine”). Doublet of anchor.
Pronunciation
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Noun
langar (countable and uncountable, plural langars)
- (countable) A public eating-place in South Asia, now especially a communal kitchen run by a Sikh community and serving free food. [from 19th c.]
- 2016, Sunil Khilnani, Incarnations, Penguin 2017, p. 98:
- While many hungry people go to the langars in Delhi's gurudwaras, or in Birmingham, or the two in Queens, New York, because the food is good and free, there's a decidedly political dimension […]
- 2016, Sunil Khilnani, Incarnations, Penguin 2017, p. 98:
- (uncountable) The free food served at such a place.
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Basque
Noun
langar
Icelandic
Etymology 1
Noun
langar m
Etymology 2
Verb
langar
Old Norse
Adjective
langar
Verb
langar
- inflection of langa:
Swedish
Verb
langar
- (deprecated template usage) present tense of langa.
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