سنگار

Urdu

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀲𑀺𑀁𑀕𑀸𑀭 (siṃgāra​), from Sanskrit शृङ्गार (śṛṅgāra). Cognate with Punjabi سِن٘گار (siṉgār).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /sɪŋ.ɡɑːɾ/
• Rhymes: -ɑːɾ
• Hyphenation: سِن٘‧گار

Noun

سِن٘گار • (siṅgār) m (Hindi spelling सिंगार)

1. adornment, embellishment, ornament (flowers, jewellery, clothes, etc.)

Declension

Declension of سنگار
	singular	plural
direct	سِن٘گار (siṅgār)	سِن٘گار (siṅgār)
oblique	سِن٘گار (siṅgār)	سِن٘گاروں (siṅgārõ)
vocative	سِن٘گار (siṅgār)	سِن٘گارو (siṅgāro)

Further reading

• “سنگار”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “سنگار”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “سنگ”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
• Platts, John T. (1884) “سنگار”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• John Shakespear (1834) “سنگار”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3^rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC
• S. W. Fallon (1879) “سنگار”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co.