Persian edit

Etymology edit

Via some Turkic source, compare Azerbaijani nökər (servant). Ultimately of Mongolic origin, compare Modern Mongolian нөхөр (nöxör, friend), from Proto-Mongolic *nökör (friend).

The meaning of “servant” is owing to a semantic shift that happened in Turkic words borrowed from Mongolic; the Persian word was loaned from one of such Turkic words with the altered meaning.

Dari نوکر
Iranian Persian
Tajik навкар

Pronunciation edit

 
 

Readings
Classical reading? nawkar
Dari reading? nawkar
Iranian reading? nowkar
Tajik reading? navkar

Noun edit

نُوْکَر (nokar) (plural نوکرها (nokar-hâ))

  1. servant, domestic, attendant

Descendants edit

  • Bengali: নওকর (noōkor)
  • Gujarati: નોકર (nokar)
  • Hindi: नौकर (naukar)

Further reading edit

Punjabi edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Classical Persian نوکر (nawkar).

Noun edit

نوکر (naukarm (Gurmukhi spelling ਨੌਕਰ)

  1. servant (clarification of this definition is needed)
  2. employee (clarification of this definition is needed)

Derived terms edit

Urdu edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Classical Persian نوکر (nawkar).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

نَوکَر (naukarm or f (Hindi spelling नौकर)

  1. servant, domestic, attendant
  2. employee

Synonyms edit

Derived terms edit

See also edit

Ushojo edit

Etymology edit

From Urdu نوکر (naukar).

Noun edit

نوکر (naukar)

  1. servant, attendant, waiter
  2. employee