نگار
Persian
Etymology
Akin to Old Armenian նկար (nkar), an Iranian borrowing.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /niˈɡɑːɾ/
- (Dari Persian) IPA(key): /nɪˈɡɑːɾ/
- (Iranian Persian) IPA(key): /neˈɡɒːɾ/
- (Tajik) IPA(key): /niˈɡɔɾ/
Noun
نگار • (negâr)
- painting, picture
- beloved
Synonyms
- (picture): نگاره (negâre), نقش و نگار (naqš-o-negâr)
References
- Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892), “نگار”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
Proper noun
نگار • (negâr)
- a female given name, Negar
Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Persian نگار (negâr).
Noun
نگار • (nigār) m (Hindi spelling निगार)
- sweetheart
- writer
- painting, portrait, picture
- Synonym: تصویر (tasvīr)
References
- John Shakespear (1834), “نگار”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, OCLC 875051092
- Platts, John Thompson (1884), “نگار”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., →ISBN, OCLC 56611364
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “نگار”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.