نگار

Persian

Etymology

Akin to Old Armenian նկար (nkar), an Iranian borrowing. See نگاشتن (negâštan).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ni.ˈɡɑːɾ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [nɪ.ɡɑ́ːɾ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [nɪ.ɡɑ́ːɾ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [nɪ.ɡɑ́ːɾ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ni.ɡɔ́ːɾ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ne.ɡɒ́ːɹ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ni.ɡɔ́ɾ]

Readings
Classical reading?	nigār
Dari reading?	nigār
Iranian reading?	negâr
Tajik reading?	nigor

Noun

نگار • (negâr)

1. painting, picture
2. beloved

Synonyms

• (picture): نگاره (negâre), نقش و نگار (naqš-o-negâr)

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “نگار”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul

Proper noun

نگار • (negâr)

1. a female given name, Negar

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian نگار (nigār).

Noun

نگار • (nigār) m (Hindi spelling निगार)

1. sweetheart
2. writer
3. painting, portrait, picture

   Synonym: تصویر (tasvīr)

References

• John Shakespear (1834) “نگار”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3^rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC
• Platts, John Thompson (1884) “نگار”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., →ISBN, →OCLC
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “نگار”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.