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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Hindi लंगर (laṅgar), Punjabi ਲੰਗਰ (laṅgar, “public kitchen, almshouse”), and their source, Classical Persian لنگر (langar, “public eating-place attached to Sufi shrine”). Doublet of anchor.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
langar (countable and uncountable, plural langars)
- (countable) A public eating-place in South Asia, now especially a communal kitchen run by a Sikh community and serving free food. [from 19th c.]
- 2016, Sunil Khilnani, Incarnations, Penguin, published 2017, page 98:
- While many hungry people go to the langars in Delhi's gurudwaras, or in Birmingham, or the two in Queens, New York, because the food is good and free, there's a decidedly political dimension […]
- (uncountable) The free food served at such a place.
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Basque[edit]
Noun[edit]
langar
French[edit]
Noun[edit]
langar m (plural langars)
Icelandic[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Noun[edit]
langar m
Etymology 2[edit]
Verb[edit]
langar
Old Norse[edit]
Adjective[edit]
langar
Verb[edit]
langar
- inflection of langa:
Swedish[edit]
Verb[edit]
langar
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