नौकर

नौकर

See also: नोकर, नोकरी, and नौकरी

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian نوکر‎ (nokar). Compare Punjabi ਨੌਕਰ (naukar) / نوکَر‎ (nokar), Gujarati નોકર (nokar), Marathi नोकर (nokar), Bengali নওকর (nôokôrô), Kannada ನೌಕರ (naukara).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /nɔː.kəɾ/, [n̪ɔː.kəɾ]

Noun

नौकर • (naukar) m (feminine नौकरानी, Urdu spelling نَوکَر‎)

1. servant

   Synonym: सेवक (sevak)

2. employee

Declension

Declension of नौकर (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	नौकर naukar	नौकर naukar
oblique	नौकर naukar	नौकरों naukarõ
vocative	नौकर naukar	नौकरो naukaro

Derived terms

• नौकरी (naukrī)

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “नौकर”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press