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Etymology edit

Akin to Old Armenian նկար (nkar), an Iranian borrowing. See نگاشتن (negâštan).

Pronunciation edit

 

Readings
Classical reading? nigār
Dari reading? nigār
Iranian reading? negâr
Tajik reading? nigor

Noun edit

نگار (negâr)

  1. painting, picture
  2. beloved

Synonyms edit

References edit

Proper noun edit

نگار (negâr)

  1. a female given name, Negar

Urdu edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Classical Persian نگار (nigār).

Noun edit

نگار (nigārm (Hindi spelling निगार)

  1. sweetheart
  2. writer
  3. painting, portrait, picture
    Synonym: تصویر (tasvīr)

References edit

  • John Shakespear (1834), “نگار”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC
  • Platts, John Thompson (1884), “نگار”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., →ISBN, →OCLC
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “نگار”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.