नगाड़ा
Hindi
editEtymology
editUltimately from Arabic نَقَّارَة (naqqāra), with the widespread change in Indo-Aryan descendants qq > g suggesting an intermediary. Cognate with Punjabi ਨਗਾਰਾ (nagārā), ਨਗਾੜਾ (nagāṛā), Nepali नगरा (nagarā), Odia ନାଗରା (nāgarā). Doublet of नक़्क़ारा (naqqārā).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editनगाड़ा • (nagāṛā) m (Urdu spelling نگاڑا)
Declension
editDeclension of नगाड़ा (masc ā-stem)
References
edit- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “naqqārā”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press