प्यारा

See also: प्यार and प्यारो

Hindi

Alternative forms

• पियारा (piyārā)

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit *𑀧𑀺𑀕𑀸𑀭𑀕 (*pigāraga) (compare 𑀧𑀺𑀆𑀭 m (piāra, “love”)), from Sanskrit प्रियकारक (priyakāraka). By surface analysis, प्यार (pyār) +‎ -आ (-ā).

Adjective

प्यारा • (pyārā) (Urdu spelling پیارا)

1. darling, dear, beloved

   मेरे प्यारे पिता। ― mere pyāre pitā. ― My dear father.

2. lovely, pleasing, agreeable, charming

   यह दृश्य बहुत प्यारा है। ― yah dŕśya bahut pyārā hai. ― This scene is very lovely.

Declension

Declension of प्यारा (ā-stem)

	masculine		feminine
	singular	plural	singular	plural
direct	प्यारा pyārā	प्यारे pyāre	प्यारी pyārī	प्यारी pyārī
oblique	प्यारे pyāre	प्यारे pyāre	प्यारी pyārī	प्यारी pyārī
vocative	प्यारे pyāre	प्यारे pyāre	प्यारी pyārī	प्यारी pyārī

Synonyms

• दुलारा (dulārā)

Further reading

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “प्यारा”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “प्यारा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• “प्यारा”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
• Platts, John T. (1884) “पियारा”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.