নওকর

Bengali

Alternative forms

নকর (nokor), নোকর (nōkor)

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (nawkar, “servant”), from Turkic with semantic shift, from Mongolic, ultimately from Proto-Mongolic *nökör (“friend”). Compare Hindustani نَوکَر (naukar) / नौकर (naukar), Gujarati નોકર (nokar), Punjabi ਨੌਕਰ (naukar) / نوکَر (nokar), Marathi नोकर (nokar), Kannada ನೌಕರ (naukara).

Pronunciation

(Rarh) IPA^(key): /nɔo̯koɾ/, [ˈnɔo̯koɾ]

(Dhaka) IPA^(key): /nɔo̯koɹ/, [ˈnɔo̯koɹ]
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Noun

নওকর • (noōkor)

servant, dependent; retainer

Derived terms

নওকর চাকরি (noōkor cakri, “domestic work”)

See also

খাদিম (khadim)

References

Accessible Dictionary, “নওকর”, Government of Bangladesh

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