یلغار

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian اِیلْغَار (īlğār). First attested in c. 1667 as Middle Hindi يلغار (ylġar).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /jəl.ɣɑːɾ/
• Hyphenation: یَلْ‧غار
• Rhymes: -ɑːɾ

Noun

یَلْغار • (yalġār) f (Hindi spelling यलग़ार)

1. incursion, inroad, attack, assault, forced march (of an army)

   Synonyms: آکْرَمَن (ākraman), چَڑھائِی (caṛhāī), دھاوا (dhāvā), وار (vār), حَمْلَہ (hamla)

   • 2021, “Yalgaar”, in CarryMinati (lyrics), Wily Frenzy (music), The Big Bull, performed by CarryMinati:

     ایک کَہانِی ہَے جو سَب کو سُنانِی ہَے
     اِن کِی بُھوک بِھی تو مَیں نے ہِی مِٹانِی ہَے
     یَلْغار ہو! یَلْغار ہو!
     یَلْغار ہو! یَلْغار ہو!

     ek kahānī hai jo sab ko sunānī hai
     in kī bhūk bhī to ma͠i ne hī miṭānī hai
     yalġār ho! yalġār ho!
     yalġār ho! yalġār ho!

     There is a story that I want to tell everyone
     I need to satisfy their hunger after all
     Let’s attack! Let’s attack!
     Let’s attack! Let’s attack!

Declension

Declension of یلغار
	singular	plural
direct	یَلْغار (yalġār)	یَلْغاریں (yalġārẽ)
oblique	یَلْغار (yalġār)	یَلْغاروں (yalġārõ)
vocative	یَلْغار (yalġār)	یَلْغارو (yalġāro)

References

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Further reading

More information

• Platts, John T. (1884) “الغار”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 76
• John Shakespear (1834) “الغار”, 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, page 130