روشن گر

Urdu

Alternative forms

• رَوشَنْگَر (rauśangar)

Etymology

From Classical Persian روشن گر (rawšan-gar, “illuminator”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɾɔː.ʃən ɡəɾ/, /ɾoː.ʃən ɡəɾ/

Noun

رَوشَن گَر or روشَن گَر • (rauśan gar or rośan gar) ? (Hindi spelling रौशनगर)

1. one who enlightens, an illuminator; a spiritual teacher, guide, or leader
2. (poetic) God, the illuminator of all, He who created and shone His divine creative light upon all of existence

Declension

Declension of روشن گر
	singular	plural
direct	روشَن گَر (raušan-gar)	روشَن گَریں (raušan-garẽ)
oblique	روشَن گَر (raušan-gar)	روشَن گَروں (raušan-garõ)
vocative	روشَن گَر (raušan-gar)	روشَن گَرو (raušan-garo)

Derived terms

• رَوشَن گَری (rauśan garī, “enlightenment”)

References

• “گر روشن گر”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “گر روشن گر”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.