नगाड़ा

Hindi

Etymology

Ultimately from Arabic نَقَّارَة (naqqāra), with the widespread change in Indo-Aryan descendants qq > g suggesting an intermediary. Cognate with Punjabi ਨਗਾਰਾ (nagārā), ਨਗਾੜਾ (nagāṛā), Nepali नगरा (nagarā), Odia ନାଗରା (nagôra). Doublet of नक़्क़ारा (naqqārā).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /nə.ɡɑː.ɽɑː/, [nɐ.ɡäː.ɽäː]

Noun

नगाड़ा • (nagāṛā) m (Urdu spelling نگاڑا)

1. nagada, naqqara, naqareh, nagara, naker

   Synonym: नक़्क़ारा (naqqārā)

Declension

Declension of नगाड़ा (masc ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	नगाड़ा nagāṛā	नगाड़े nagāṛe
oblique	नगाड़े nagāṛe	नगाड़ों nagāṛõ
vocative	नगाड़े nagāṛe	नगाड़ो nagāṛo

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “naqqārā”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press