النکار
Urdu edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Sanskrit अलंकार (alaṃkāra).
Pronunciation edit
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /ə.ləŋ.kɑːɾ/
Noun edit
النکار • (alaṅkār) m (Hindi spelling अलंकार)
- ornament, adornment, embellishment, decoration
- (rhetoric) an ornament of sound or sense
References edit
- Platts, John T. (1884) “النکار”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.