पैकार

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian پای‌کار (pāy-kār).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /pɛː.kɑːɾ/, [pɛː.käːɾ]

Noun

पैकार • (paikār) m (Urdu spelling پیکار)

1. dealer, broker, agent; pykar

   Synonym: दलाल (dalāl)

2. small businessman

Declension

Declension of पैकार (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	पैकार paikār	पैकार paikār
oblique	पैकार paikār	पैकारों paikārõ
vocative	पैकार paikār	पैकारो paikāro

Descendants

• → English: pykar (or via Bengali)

Further reading

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “पैकार”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 645