نوکر

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Persian

Etymology

Via some Turkic source, compare Azerbaijani nökər (“servant”). Ultimately of Mongolic origin, compare Modern Mongolian нөхөр (nöxör, “friend”), from Proto-Mongolic *nökör (“friend”).

The meaning of “servant” is owing to a semantic shift that happened in Turkic words borrowed from Mongolic; the Persian word was loaned from one of such Turkic words with the altered meaning.

Dari نوکر
Iranian Persian
Tajik навкар

Pronunciation

 
 

Readings
Classical reading? nawkar
Dari reading? nawkar
Iranian reading? nowkar
Tajik reading? navkar

Noun

نُوْکَر • (nokar) (plural نوکرها (nokar-hâ))

  1. servant, domestic, attendant

Descendants

  • → Bengali: নওকর (noōkor)
  • → Gujarati: નોકર (nokar)
  • → Hindi: नौकर (naukar)

Further reading

Punjabi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian نوکر (nawkar).

Noun

نوکر • (naukar) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਨੌਕਰ)

  1. servant (clarification of this definition is needed)
  2. employee (clarification of this definition is needed)

Derived terms

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian نوکر (nawkar).

Pronunciation

Noun

نَوکَر • (naukar) m or f (Hindi spelling नौकर)

  1. servant, domestic, attendant
  2. employee

Synonyms

Derived terms

See also

Ushojo

Etymology

From Urdu نوکر (naukar).

Noun

نوکر (naukar)

  1. servant, attendant, waiter
  2. employee
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