پگار

Urdu

Etymology

  • Etymology tree
    Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ḱ-
    Proto-Italic *pāks
    Latin pax
    Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
    Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
    Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
    Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti
    Proto-Italic *-āō
    Latin -o
    Latin pacō
    Old Galician-Portuguese pagar
    Portuguese pagarbor.
    Gujarati પગાર (pagār)bor.
    Urdu پَگار (pagār)

    Borrowed from Gujarati પગાર (pagār),[1] from Portuguese pagar.[2]

    Pronunciation

    • (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /pə.ɡɑːɾ/
    • Rhymes: -ɑːɾ
    • Hyphenation: پَ‧گار

    Noun

    پَگار • (pagār) f (Hindi spelling पगार) (chiefly Deccani, Gujarat, Karachi)[3]

    1. salary
      Synonyms: تَنْخواہ (tanxvāh), طَلَب (talab)

    Usage notes

    Originally used in the Bombay Presidency.[2]

    Declension

    Declension of پگار
    singular plural
    direct پَگار (pagār) پَگاریں (pagārẽ)
    oblique پَگار (pagār) پَگاروں (pagārõ)
    vocative پَگار (pagār) پَگارو (pagāro)

    Descendants

    • → Baluchi: پگار

    References

    1. ^ “پگار”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
    2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Xavier, Anthony Soares, transl. (1936) [1913], Portuguese Vocables in Asiatic Languages, Baroda: Oriental Institute, translation of Influencia do Vocabulario Português em Línguas Asiáticas by Sebastião Rodolfo Dalgado (in Portuguese), →ISBN, page 249, column 1
    3. ^ Duncan Forbes (1857), A Dictionary of the Hindustani Language, page 201, column 1

    Further reading

    • “پگار”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
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