নওকর

Bengali

Alternative forms

  • নকর (nokor), নোকর (nōkor)

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian نوکر (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)

  1. servant, dependent; retainer

Derived terms

  • নওকর চাকরি (noōkor cakri, “domestic work”)

See also

References

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