Urdu

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Etymology

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Inherited from Prakrit 𑀲𑀺𑀁𑀕𑀸𑀭 (siṃgāra​), from Sanskrit शृङ्गार (śṛṅgāra).[1] Cognate with Punjabi سںگار (siṅgār).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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سِن٘گار (siṅgārm (Hindi spelling सिंगार)

  1. adornment, embellishment, ornament (flowers, jewellery, clothes, etc.)

Declension

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Declension of سنگار
singular plural
direct سِن٘گار (siṅgār) سِن٘گار (siṅgār)
oblique سِن٘گار (siṅgār) سِن٘گاروں (siṅgārō̃)
vocative سِن٘گار (siṅgār) سِن٘گارو (siṅgārō)

References

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  1. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “śrṅgāra”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

Further reading

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  • سنگار”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • سنگار”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “سنگ”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
  • Platts, John T. (1884) “سنگار”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
  • John Shakespear (1834) “سنگار”, 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
  • S. W. Fallon (1879) “سنگار”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co.