کارگر

Persian

کارگر

Etymology

Middle Persian kʾrgr. By surface analysis, کار (“work”) +‎ ـگَر (“-er”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [kɑːɾ.ˈɡaɾ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰɑːɾ.ɡǽɾ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰɑːɾ.ɡǽɾ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [kʰɑːɾ.ɡǽɾ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [kʰɔːɾ.ɡǽɾ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰɒːɹ.ɡʲǽɹ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰɔɾ.ɡǽɾ]

Readings
Classical reading?	kārgar
Dari reading?	kārgar
Iranian reading?	kârgar
Tajik reading?	korgar

• Audio (Iran):

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Noun

Dari	کارگر
Iranian Persian
Tajik	коргар

کَارْگَر • (kârgar) (plural کارگران (kârgarân) or کارگرها (kârgar-hâ))

1. worker
2. labourer
3. workman

Related terms

• کار (kâr)
• کَرْدَن (kardan)

Descendants

• → Bengali: কারিগর (karigor)
• → Gujarati: કારીગર (kārīgar)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: कारीगर (kārīgar)

  Urdu: کارِیگَر (kārīgar)

• → Maithili:

  Devanagari script: कारीगर (kārīgar)

  Tirhuta script: 𑒏𑒰𑒩𑒲𑒑𑒩 (kārīgara)

• → Marathi: कारागीर (kārāgīr)
• → Odia: କାରିଗର (karigôrô)
• → Ottoman Turkish: كاركر (kârger)
• → Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi script: ਕਾਰੀਗਰ (kārīgar)

  Shahmukhi script: کارِیگَر (kārīgar)

• → Sindhi:

  Arabic script: ڪارِيگَرُ

  Devanagari script: कारीगरु

References

1. Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “کارگر”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press