جگر

See also: چکر

Baluchi

Noun

جگر • (jagar, jigar)

1. liver

Khalaj

Noun

جِگَر (ciğər) (definite accusative جِگَرۆ, plural جِگَرلَر)

1. Arabic spelling of ciğər (“liver”)

Declension

Declension of جگر

	singular	plural
nominative	جگر	جگرلَر
genitive	جگرۆݧ	جگرلَریݧ
dative	جگرکه	جگرلَرکه
definite accusative	جگرۆ	جگرلَری
locative	جگرچه	جگرلَرچه
ablative	جگرده	جگرلَرده
instrumental	جگرله	جگرلَرله
equative	جگروارا	جگرلَروارا

Persian

Alternative forms

• جیگر

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

 

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

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

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

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

Readings
Classical reading?	jigar
Dari reading?	jigar
Iranian reading?	jegar
Tajik reading?	jigar

Noun

Dari	جگر
Iranian Persian
Tajik	ҷигар

جگر • (jegar)

1. liver
2. (figurative) heart; the physical source of emotions.
3. (figurative) dear, darling, love

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: cigər
• → Gujarati: જિગર (jigar)
• → Hindustani:

  Urdu: جِگَر (jigar)

  Hindi: जिगर (jigar)

• → Khalaj: ciğər
• ⇒ Kumyk: жигерлилик (jigerlilik, “agility”)
• → Pashto: ځګر (dzigár), ځيګر (dzīgár), جګر (jigar)
• → Ottoman Turkish: جكر (ciger)
  • Turkish: ciğer
  • → Armenian: ջիգյար (ǰigyar), ջիգար (ǰigar), ճիյեր (čiyer), ճիկար (čikar)
  • → Bulgarian: джиге́р (džigér)
  • → Hungarian: zsiger
  • → Georgian: ჯიგარი (ǯigari)
  • → Greek: τζιγέρι (tzigéri), τζιέρι (tziéri)
  • → Macedonian: џигер (džiger)
• → Uyghur: جىگەر (jiger)
• → Uzbek: jigar

Sindhi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian جگر (jigar).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [d͡ʑɪɡərʊ]

Noun

جِگَرُ • (jigaru) m (Devanagari जिगरु)

1. (anatomy) liver

References

• Parmanand, Mewaram (1910) “جِگَرُ”, in Sindhi-English Dictionary, Hyderabad, Sindh: The Sind Juvenile Co-operative Society
• Khānu, Balocu (1960–1988) “جِگَرُ”, in Jāmiʻ Sindhī lughāta (in Sindhi), Hyderabad, Sindh: Sindhī Adabī Borḍ

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian جِگَر (jigar).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

جِگَر • (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 (jigarõ)
vocative	جگر (jigar)	جگرو (jigaro)

Synonyms

• کلیجا (kalejā)

Ushojo

Etymology

From Urdu جگر (jigar).

Noun

جگر (jigar) ?

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