जादूगर

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian جادوگر (jādūgar). Equivalent to जादू (jādū) +‎ -गर (-gar). Compare Assamese যাদুকৰ (zadukor), Bengali জাদুকর (jadukor).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒɑː.d̪uː.ɡəɾ/, [d͡ʒäː.d̪uː.ɡɐɾ]

Noun

जादूगर • (jādūgar) m (feminine जादूगरनी, Urdu spelling جادوگر)

1. magician

   जादूगर होगा पार्टी पे, सुना है कि बहुत जादुई जादू करता है।

   jādūgar hogā pārṭī pe, sunā hai ki bahut jāduī jādū kartā hai.

   There's going to be a magician at the party, I've heard he does some magical magic.

Declension

Declension of जादूगर (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	जादूगर jādūgar	जादूगर jādūgar
oblique	जादूगर jādūgar	जादूगरों jādūgarõ
vocative	जादूगर jādūgar	जादूगरो jādūgaro

See also

• जादूगरनी (jādūgarnī)
• जादूगरी (jādūgrī)

References

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “जादूगर”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha