यलग़ार

Hindi

Alternative forms

• यलगार (yalgār) — nuqtaless form

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /jəl.ɣɑːɾ/, [jɐl.ɣäːɾ], /jəl.ɡɑːɾ/, [jɐl.ɡäːɾ]
• Hyphenation: यल‧ग़ार
• Rhymes: -ɑːɾ

Noun

यलग़ार • (yalġār) f (Urdu spelling یَلْغار)

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

   Synonyms: आक्रमण (ākramaṇ), चढ़ाई (caṛhāī), धावा (dhāvā), प्रहार (prahār), वार (vār), हमला (hamlā)

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

     एक कहानी है जो सबको सुनानी है
     इनकी भूख भी तो मैंने ही मिटानी है
     यलग़ार हो! यलग़ार हो!
     यलग़ार हो! यलग़ार हो!

     ek kahānī hai jo sabko sunānī hai
     inkī bhūkh bhī to ma͠ine 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 यलग़ार (fem cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	यलग़ार yalġār	यलग़ारें yalġārẽ
oblique	यलग़ार yalġār	यलग़ारों yalġārõ
vocative	यलग़ार yalġār	यलग़ारो yalġāro

References

More information

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