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پگار

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Urdu

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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پَگار (pagārf (Hindi spelling पगार)

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

Usage notes

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Orignally used in The Bombay Presidency.[2]

Declension

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

References

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  1. ^ پگار”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  2. ^ Xavier, Anthony Soares, transl. (1936) [1913], Portuguese Vocables in Asiatic Languages, Baroda: Oriental Institute, translation of Influencia do Vocdbulario Portugues em Linguas Asiaticas by Sebastião Rodolfo Dalgado (in Portuguese), →ISBN, page 249, column 1

Further reading

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  • پگار”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.