English Explanatory Dictionary

nokar

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A servant, whether domestic, military, or civil.

Word forms

nokar nokars naukar noker

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi नौकर (naukar), from Classical Persian نَوْکَر (nawkar), from Turkic (compare Chagatai نوکر (nökär), Ottoman Turkish نوكر (nöker), Azerbaijani nökər etc.), from Middle Mongol ᠨᠥᠬᠦᠷ (ṅwykwr /⁠nökör⁠/).

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