نوکر

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Persian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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[edit]

 
 

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

Noun[edit]

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

  1. servant, domestic, attendant

Descendants[edit]

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

Further reading[edit]

Punjabi[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Classical Persian نوکر (nawkar).

Noun[edit]

نوکر (naukarm (Gurmukhi spelling ਨੌਕਰ)

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

Derived terms[edit]

Urdu[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Classical Persian نوکر (nawkar).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

نَوکَر (naukarm or f (Hindi spelling नौकर)

  1. servant, domestic, attendant
  2. employee

Synonyms[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

See also[edit]

Ushojo[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Urdu نوکر (naukar).

Noun[edit]

نوکر (naukar)

  1. servant, attendant, waiter
  2. employee