पगार

Hindi

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /pə.ɡɑːɾ/, [pɐ.ɡäːɾ]
• Rhymes: -ɑːɾ
• Hyphenation: प‧गार

Etymology 1

From Portuguese pagar. Cognate with Konkani पगार (pagār) and Marathi पगार (pagār).

Noun

पगार • (pagār) f (Urdu spelling پگار)

1. wages, salary

   Synonyms: वेतन (vetan), तनख़्वाह (tanaxvāh)

Declension

Declension of पगार (fem cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	पगार pagār	पगारें pagārẽ
oblique	पगार pagār	पगारों pagārõ
vocative	पगार pagār	पगारो pagāro

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

पगार • (pagār) m (Urdu spelling پگار)

1. (Braj Bhāshā) a mud parapet, an enclosure (round a garden, field or building); trench, mound, bank

Etymology 3

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Noun

पगार • (pagār) m (Urdu spelling پگار)

1. (regional, Western Hindi) wet earth or clay for plastering or building a wall

   Synonym: गारा (gārā)

2. something that can be crushed with the feet
3. a shallow piece of water (that can be crossed on foot)

   Synonym: पायाब (pāyāb)

Derived terms

• पगारना (pagārnā, “to spread”)

References

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “पगार”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “पगार”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Platts, John T. (1884) “पगार”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• “पगार”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.

Konkani

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese pagar, from Old Galician-Portuguese pagar, from Latin pacō (“pacify”), from pāx (“peace”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ǵ-. Cognate with Marathi पगार (pagār).

Noun

पगार • (pagār) ? (Latin script pogar, Kannada script ಪಗಾರ್)

1. pay, salary, monthly pay, wages

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese pagar, from Old Galician-Portuguese pagar, from Latin pacō (“pacify”), from pāx (“peace”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ǵ-. Cognate with Konkani पगार (pagār).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pə.ɡaɾ/

Noun

पगार • (pagār) m

1. pay, salary, monthly pay, wages

   Synonym: वेतन (vetan)

Declension

Declension of पगार (masc cons-stem)
direct singular	पगार pagār
direct plural	पगार pagār
	singular एकवचन		plural अनेकवचन
nominative प्रथमा	पगार pagār		पगार pagār
oblique सामान्यरूप	पगारा pagārā		पगारां- pagārān-
acc. / dative द्वितीया / चतुर्थी	पगाराला pagārālā		पगारांना pagārānnā
ergative	पगाराने, पगारानं pagārāne, pagārāna		पगारांनी pagārānnī
instrumental	पगाराशी pagārāśī		पगारांशी pagārānśī
locative सप्तमी	पगारात pagārāt		पगारांत pagārāt
vocative संबोधन	पगारा pagārā		पगारांनो pagārānno
Oblique Note: The oblique case precedes all postpositions. There is no space between the stem and the postposition. Locative Note: -त (-ta) is a postposition.

Genitive declension of पगार (masc cons-stem)
	masculine object पुल्लिंगी कर्म		feminine object स्त्रीलिंगी कर्म		neuter object नपुसकलिंगी कर्म		oblique सामान्यरूप
	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	singular* एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन
singular subject एकवचनी कर्ता	पगाराचा pagārāċā	पगाराचे pagārāċe	पगाराची pagārācī	पगाराच्या pagārācā	पगाराचे, पगाराचं pagārāċe, pagārāċa	पगाराची pagārācī	पगाराच्या pagārācā
plural subject अनेकवचनी कर्ता	पगारांचा pagārānċā	पगारांचे pagārānċe	पगारांची pagārāñcī	पगारांच्या pagārāncā	पगारांचे, पगारांचं pagārānċe, pagārānċa	पगारांची pagārāñcī	पगारांच्या pagārāñcā
* Note: Word-final ए (e) in neuter words is alternatively written with the anusvara and pronounced as अ (a). Oblique Note: For most postpostions, the oblique genitive can be optionally inserted between the stem and the postposition.