جگر

See also: چکر

Baluchi

Noun

جگر • (jagar, jigar)

  1. liver

Khalaj

Noun

جِگَر (cigər) (definite accusative جِگَری, plural جِگَرلَر)

  1. Arabic spelling of cigər (liver)

Declension

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian جِگَر (jigar).

Noun

جگر • (ciger)

  1. liver, lung

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Turkish: ciğer
  • Armenian: ջիգյար (ǰigyar), ջիգար (ǰigar), ճիյեր (čiyer), ճիկար (čikar); ջիգեար (ǰigear)
  • Bulgarian: джиге́р (džigér)
  • Hungarian: zsiger
  • Georgian: ჯიგარი (ǯigari)
  • Greek: τζιέρι (tziéri), τζιγέρι (tzigéri)
  • Macedonian: џигер (džiger)

Persian

Alternative forms

  • جیگر

Etymology

From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (ykl /⁠jagar⁠/), from Old Persian [Term?], from Proto-Iranian *Hyákr̥, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hyákr̥, from Proto-Indo-European *Hyékʷr̥ (liver).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [d͡ʒɪ.ɡǽɾ]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [d͡ʒɪ.ɡǽɾ]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [d͡ʒi.ɡǽɾ]

Readings
Classical reading? jigar
Dari reading? jigar
Iranian reading? jegar
Tajik reading? jigar

Noun

Dari جگر
Iranian Persian
Tajik ҷигар

جگر • (jegar)

  1. liver
  2. dear, darling (metaphorically)

Descendants

Sindhi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian جگر (jigar).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [d͡ʑɪɡərʊ]

Noun

جِگَرُ • (jigaru) m (Devanagari जिगरु)

  1. (anatomy) liver

References

  • Parmanand, Mewaram (1910) “جِگَرُ”, in Sindhi-English Dictionary, Hyderabad, Sindh: The Sind Juvenile Co-operative Society
  • Khānu, Balocu (1960-1988) “جِگَرُ”, in Jāmiʻ Sindhī lughāta (in Sindhi), Ḥaidarābād, Sindhu: Sindhī Adabī Borḍ

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian جِگَر (jigar).

Pronunciation

Noun

جِگَر • (jigar) m (Hindi spelling जिगर)

  1. liver
  2. (poetic) heart
  3. (poetic) mind
  4. (poetic) spirit
  5. (poetic) courage
  6. dear, darling (metaphorically)

Declension

Declension of جگر
singular plural
direct جگر (jigar) جگر (jigar)
oblique جگر (jigar) جگروں (jigarō̃)
vocative جگر (jigar) جگرو (jigarō)

Synonyms

Ushojo

Etymology

From Urdu جگر (jigar).

Noun

جگر (jigar) ?

  1. liver
  2. (poetic) mind
  3. (poetic) spirit
  4. (poetic) courage
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