جگر

جگر

See also: چکر‎

Baluchi

Noun

جگر • (jagar, jigar)

1. liver

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Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Persian جگر‎ (jegar).

Noun

جگر • (ciger)

1. liver, lung

Derived terms

• آق جگر‎ (ak ciğer)
• قره جگر‎ (kara ciğer)

Descendants

• Turkish: ciğer
• → Armenian: ջիգյար (ǰigyar), ջիգար (ǰigar), ճիյեր (čiyer), ճիկար (čikar); ջիգեար (ǰigear)
• → Bulgarian: джиге́р (džigér)
• → Hungarian: zsiger
• → Georgian: ჯიგარი (ǯigari)
• → Greek: τζιέρι (tziéri), τζιγέρι (tzigéri)
• → Macedonian: џигер (džiger)

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Persian

Alternative forms

• جیگر‎

Etymology

From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (ykl /jagar/), from Old Persian [Term?], from Proto-Iranian *Hyákr̥, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hyákr̥, from Proto-Indo-European *Hyékʷr̥ (“liver”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒiˈɡaɾ/

• (Dari Persian) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒɪˈɡaɾ/

• (Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒeˈɡæɾ/

• (Tajik) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒiˈɡaɾ/

Noun

Dari	جگر
Iranian Persian
Tajik	ҷигар (jigar)

جگر • (jegar)

1. liver
2. dear, darling (metaphorically)

Descendants

• Hindustani:

  → Urdu: جگر‎ (jigar)

  → Hindi: जिगर (jigar)

• → Pashto: ځګر‎ (dzigár), ځيګر‎ (dzīgár), جګر‎ (jigar)
• Turkic languagues:

  → Azerbaijani: cigər

  ⇒ Kumyk: жигерлилик (jigerlilik, “agility”)

  → Ottoman Turkish: جگر‎ (ciger, “liver; lung”)

  Turkish: ciğer

  • → Armenian: ջիգյար (ǰigyar), ջիգար (ǰigar), ճիյեր (čiyer), ճիկար (čikar); ջիգեար (ǰigear)
  • → Bulgarian: джиге́р (džigér)
  • → Hungarian: zsiger
  • → Georgian: ჯიგარი (ǯigari)
  • → Greek: τζιέρι (tziéri), τζιγέρι (tzigéri)
  • → Macedonian: џигер (džiger)

  → Uyghur: جىگەر‎ (jiger)

  → Uzbek: jigar

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Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian جگر‎ (jegar).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒɪ.ɡəɾ/

Noun

جگر • (jigar) m (Hindi spelling जिगर)

1. liver
2. (poetic) heart
3. (poetic) mind
4. (poetic) spirit
5. (poetic) courage
6. dear, darling (metaphorically)

Declension

Declension of جگر
	singular	plural
direct	جگر‎ (jigar)	جگر‎ (jigar)
oblique	جگر‎ (jigar)	جگروں‎ (jigarō̃)
vocative	جگر‎ (jigar)	جگرو‎ (jigarō)

Synonyms

• کلیجا‎ (kalejā)

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Ushojo

Etymology

From Urdu جگر‎ (jigar).

Noun

جگر (jigar) ?

1. liver
2. (poetic) mind
3. (poetic) spirit
4. (poetic) courage