پیار

See also: پیاز, تیار, پيار, and بئار

Punjabi

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀧𑀺𑀆𑀭 (piāra), from Sanskrit प्रियकार (priyakāra), compound of प्रिय (priyá) +‎ कार (kāra).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /pɪ.jäːɾᵊ/

Noun

پیْار • (piyār) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਪਿਆਰ)

1. love (ie. romance)
2. friendship, kindness
3. (euphemistic) a kiss
4. grace, respect (from an elder)
5. (rare, often in the vocative) beloved, dear

   Synonym: سَجَّݨ (sajjaṇ)

Declension

Declension of پیار

	singular	plural
direct	پیْار (piyār)	پیْار (piyār)
oblique	پیْار (piyār)	پیْاراں (piyārāṉ)
vocative	پیْارا (piyārā)	پیْارو (piyāro)
ablative	پیْاروں (piyāroṉ)	پیْاراں (piyārāṉ)
locative	پیْارے (piyāre)	پیْارِیں (piyārīṉ)
instrumental	پیْاروں (piyāroṉ)	–

Further reading

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “پیار”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
• Bashir, Kanwal (2012) “پیار”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Hyattsville, MD: Dunwoody Press
• “ਪਿਆਰ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “priyakāra”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 503

Urdu

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Hindi پیار (pyar) (c. 1611), Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀧𑀺𑀆𑀭 (piāra), from Sanskrit प्रियकार (priyakāra), compound of प्रिय (priyá) +‎ कार (kāra).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /pɪ.jɑːɾ/, /pjɑːɾ/
• Rhymes: -ɑːɾ

Noun

پْیار or پِیار • (pyār or piyār) m (Hindi spelling प्यार or पियार)

1. love, romance

   Synonyms: عِشْق ('iśq), پْریم (prem), مُحَبَّت (muhabbat), اُلْفَت (ulfat)

2. love, friendship

   Synonym: مُحَبَّت (muhabbat)

3. affection; attachment (commonly with inanimate objects, or connoted with feelings)
4. (euphemistic) a kiss (usually for a child)
5. caress (ie. act of endearment)
6. grace, respect (from an elder)
7. grace, compassion, benevolence
8. (rare, often in the vocative) beloved, dear

Declension

Declension of پیار

	singular	plural
direct	پِیار (piyār)	پِیار (piyār)
oblique	پِیار (piyār)	پِیاروں (piyārõ)
vocative	پِیار (piyār)	پِیارو (piyāro)

Derived terms

• پْیارا (pyārā, “beautiful”, adjective)

Further reading

More information

• “پیار”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “پيار”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
• Platts, John T. (1884) “پيار”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• S. W. Fallon (1879) “پيار”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co., page 389
• John Shakespear (1834) “پیار”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3^rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC