নওকর
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Bengali[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Classical Persian نوکر (nawkar, “servant”), from Turkic with semantic shift, from Mongolic, ultimately from Proto-Mongolic *nökör (“friend”). Compare Hindustani نَوکَر (naukar) / नौकर (naukar), Gujarati નોકર (nokar), Punjabi ਨੌਕਰ (naukar) / نوکَر (nokar), Marathi नोकर (nokar), Kannada ನೌಕರ (naukara).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
নওকর • (noōkor)
Derived terms[edit]
- নওকর চাকরি (noōkor cakri, “domestic work”)
See also[edit]
- খাদিম (khadim)
References[edit]
- Accessible Dictionary, “নওকর”, Government of Bangladesh
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