प्यार

See also: प्यारा and प्यारो

Hindi

Alternative forms

• पियार (piyār)

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀧𑀺𑀆𑀭 m (piāra, “love”), from Sanskrit प्रिय n (priya, “love, kindness, favour, pleasure”) + कार (kāra, “act”) (compare with the actual compound प्रियकार (priyakāra, “agreeable, doing a kindness”, adjective)).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /pjɑːɾ/, [pjäːɾ]

Noun

प्यार • (pyār) m (Urdu spelling پیار)

1. love, strong affection

   Synonyms: इश्क़ (iśq), आशिक़ी (āśiqī), मुहब्बत (muhabbat), स्नेह (sneh), प्रेम (prem), प्रीति (prīti), रति (rati), मोह (moh)

   पहले प्यार, फिर शादी!

   pahle pyār, phir śādī!

   First love, then marriage!

2. caress
3. a kiss

   Synonyms: चुंबा (cumbā), चुंबन (cumban)

4. fondness

   Synonym: रुचि (ruci)

5. friendship

   Synonyms: मित्रता (mitratā), दोस्ती (dostī), मैत्री (maitrī), मित्राई (mitrāī), बंधुत्व (bandhutva), बंधुता (bandhutā), सखित्व (sakhitva)

Declension

Declension of प्यार (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	प्यार pyār	प्यार pyār
oblique	प्यार pyār	प्यारों pyārõ
vocative	प्यार pyār	प्यारो pyāro

Further reading

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “प्यार”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• “प्यार”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
• Platts, John T. (1884) “पियार”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• Bahri, Hardev (1989) “प्यार”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.
• Caturvedi, Mahendra, Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970) “प्यार”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House
• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “प्यार”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “priyakāra”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi प्यार (pyār), from Sanskrit प्रिय (priya, “love, kindness, favour, pleasure”) + कार (kāra, “act”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pjaɾ/

Noun

प्यार • (pyār) m

1. love, fondness

   Synonyms: प्रेम (prem) ( most common), प्रीति (prīti), प्रीत (prīt), इश्क (iśka)

References

• Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “प्यार”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “प्यार”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press