langar

English

Etymology

From Hindi लंगर (laṅgar), Punjabi ਲੰਗਰ (laṅgar, “public kitchen, almshouse”), and their source, Classical Persian لنگر (langar, “public eating-place attached to Sufi shrine”). Doublet of anchor.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈlʌŋɡə/
• Rhymes: -ʌŋɡə(ɹ)

Noun

langar (countable and uncountable, plural langars)

1. (countable) A public eating-place in South Asia, now especially a communal kitchen run by a Sikh community and serving free food. [from 19th c.]
   • 2016, Sunil Khilnani, Incarnations, Penguin, published 2017, page 98:

     While many hungry people go to the langars in Delhi's gurudwaras, or in Birmingham, or the two in Queens, New York, because the food is good and free, there's a decidedly political dimension […]

2. (uncountable) The free food served at such a place.

Anagrams

• Largan, Raglan, raglan

Basque

Noun

langar

1. drizzle

French

Noun

langar m (plural langars)

1. langar

Icelandic

Etymology 1

Noun

langar m

1. nominative indefinite plural of langur

Etymology 2

Verb

langar

1. present indicative of langa

Old Norse

Adjective

langar

1. feminine plural nominative/accusative strong positive degree of langr

Verb

langar

1. inflection of langa:
   1. second-person singular present indicative active
   2. third-person singular present indicative active

Swedish

Verb

langar

1. present indicative of langa

Anagrams

• naglar