सोनार

Hindi

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit *सोण्णआर (sŏṇṇaāra), from Sanskrit सुवर्णकार (suvarṇakāra).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /soː.nɑːɾ/, [soː.näːɾ]

Noun

सोनार • (sonār) m (Urdu spelling سونار)

1. alternative form of सुनार (sunār, “goldsmith”)

Declension

Declension of सोनार (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	सोनार sonār	सोनार sonār
oblique	सोनार sonār	सोनारों sonārõ
vocative	सोनार sonār	सोनारो sonāro

Marwari

Alternative forms

• सुनार (sunār)

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit *𑀲𑁄𑀡𑁆𑀡𑀆𑀭 (*sŏṇṇaāra), from Sanskrit सुवर्णकार (suvarṇakāra). Cognate with Gujarati સોનાર (sonār).

Noun

सोनार (sonār) m

1. goldsmith

   Coordinate term: सोनारी (sonārī)

References

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “suvarṇakāra”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 779

Further reading

• “सोनार”, in Marwari Dictionary, SIL International, 2015
• “सोनार”, in राजस्थानी सबदकोस [rājasthānī sabadkos], charans.org, 2024
• Lalas, Sitaram (2013) “सोनार”, in राजस्थानी सबद कोस: राजस्थानी-हिन्दी वृहद् कोश [rājasthānī sabad kos: rājasthānī-hindī vŕhad koś] (in Hindi), 2^nd edition, Jodhpur: चौपासनी शिक्षा समिती [caupāsnī śikṣā samitī].