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یلغار

Urdu

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Classical Persian اِیلْغَار (īlğār). First attested in c. 1667[1] as Middle Hindi يلغار (ylġar).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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یَلْغار • (yalġār) f (Hindi spelling यलग़ार)[2][3]

  1. incursion, inroad, attack, assault, forced march (of an army)
    Synonyms: آکْرَمَن (ākraman), چَڑھائِی (caṛhāī), دھاوا (dhāvā), وار (vār), حَمْلَہ (hamla)
    • 2021, “Yalgaar”, in CarryMinati (lyrics), Wily Frenzy (music), The Big Bull, performed by CarryMinati:
      ایک کَہانِی ہَے جو سَب کو سُنانِی ہَے
      اِن کِی بُھوک بِھی تو مَیں نے ہِی مِٹانِی ہَے
      یَلْغار ہو! یَلْغار ہو!
      یَلْغار ہو! یَلْغار ہو!
      ek kahānī hai jo sab ko sunānī hai
      in kī bhūk bhī to ma͠i ne hī miṭānī hai
      yalġār ho! yalġār ho!
      yalġār ho! yalġār ho!
      There is a story that I want to tell everyone
      I need to satisfy their hunger after all
      Let’s attack! Let’s attack!
      Let’s attack! Let’s attack!

Declension

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Declension of یلغار
singular plural
direct یَلْغار (yalġār) یَلْغاریں (yalġārẽ)
oblique یَلْغار (yalġār) یَلْغاروں (yalġārõ)
vocative یَلْغار (yalġār) یَلْغارو (yalġāro)

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More information
  1. ^ “یلغار”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  2. ^ Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “يلغار”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 687
  3. ^ “یلغار”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.

Further reading

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  • Platts, John T. (1884) “الغار”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 76
  • John Shakespear (1834) “الغار”, 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, page 130
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