નોકર

Gujarati

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian نوکر (nawkar, “servant”), from Turkic with semantic shift, from Mongolic, ultimately from Proto-Mongolic *nökör (“friend”). Compare Hindustani نَوکَر (naukar) / नौकर (naukar), Bengali নওকর (noōkor), Punjabi ਨੌਕਰ (naukar) / نوکَر (nokar), Marathi नोकर (nokar), Kannada ನೌಕರ (naukara).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Gujarati) IPA^(key): /ˈno.kəɾ/

Noun

નોકર • (nokar) m

1. servant; domestic; menial

Derived terms

• નોકરી (nokrī)