नौकर
Hindi edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Classical Persian نوکر (nawkar), from a Turkic source, ultimately from Proto-Mongolic *nökör (“friend”). Compare Punjabi ਨੌਕਰ (naukar) / نوکَر (nokar), Gujarati નોકર (nokar), Marathi नोकर (nokar), Bengali নওকর (noōkor), Kannada ನೌಕರ (naukara).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
नौकर • (naukar) m (feminine नौकरानी, Urdu spelling نَوکَر)
Declension edit
Declension of नौकर (masc cons-stem)
Derived terms edit
- नौकरी (naukrī)
References edit
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “नौकर”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press