मगर

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Hindi

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /mə.ɡəɾ/,

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Classical Persian مگر (magar). Compare Bengali মাগার (magar), Punjabi ਮਗਰ (magar).

Conjunction

मगर • (magar) (Urdu spelling مگر)

  1. but, however
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:परन्तु
    मैं उसका दोस्त हूँ, मगर वह मेरा दोस्त नहीं है।
    ma͠i uskā dost hū̃, magar vah merā dost nahī̃ hai.
    I am his friend, but he is not my friend.

Etymology 2

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀫𑀕𑀭 (magara), from Sanskrit मकर (mákara).

Noun

मगर • (magar) m (Urdu spelling مگر)

  1. crocodile
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:मगर
Declension
Declension of मगर (masc cons-stem)
singular plural
direct मगर
magar 		मगर
magar
oblique मगर
magar 		मगरों
magarõ
vocative मगर
magar 		मगरो
magaro
Derived terms

References

Marathi

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Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit मकर (mákara).

Pronunciation

Noun

मगर • (magar) f

  1. crocodile

See also

References

  • Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “मगर”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
  • Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “मगर”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
  • Shridhar Ganesh Vaze (1911) “मगर”, in The Aryabhusan School Dictionary, Poona: Arya-Bhushan Press
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