नौकर

See also: नोकर, नोकरी, and नौकरी

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (nawkar), from a Turkic source, ultimately from Proto-Mongolic *nökör (“friend”). Compare Punjabi ਨੌਕਰ (naukar) / نوکَر (nokar), Gujarati નોકર (nokar), Marathi नोकर (nokar), Bengali নওকর (noōkor), Kannada ನೌಕರ (naukara).

Pronunciation

(Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /nɔː.kəɾ/, [nɔː.kɐɾ]

Noun

नौकर • (naukar) m (feminine नौकरानी, Urdu spelling نَوکَر)

servant
Synonyms: सेवक (sevak), दास (dās)
employee

Declension

Declension of नौकर (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	नौकर naukar	नौकर naukar
oblique	नौकर naukar	नौकरों naukarõ
vocative	नौकर naukar	नौकरो naukaro

Derived terms

नौकरी (naukrī)

References

McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “नौकर”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

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