Persian

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Etymology

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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

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

Noun

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

  1. servant, domestic, attendant

Descendants

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

Further reading

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Punjabi

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Classical Persian نوکر (nawkar).

Noun

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نوکر (naukarm (Gurmukhi spelling ਨੌਕਰ)

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

Derived terms

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Urdu

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Classical Persian نوکر (nawkar).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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نَوکَر (naukarm or f (Hindi spelling नौकर)

  1. servant, domestic, attendant
  2. employee

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Derived terms

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See also

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Ushojo

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Etymology

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From Urdu نوکر (naukar).

Noun

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نوکر (naukar)

  1. servant, attendant, waiter
  2. employee