নওকর

Bengali

Alternative forms

নকর (nokor), নোকর (nōkor)

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian ‎ (nokar). Compare Hindustani نَوکَر‎ / नौकर (naukar), Gujarati નોકર (nokar), Punjabi ਨੌਕਰ (naukar) / نوکَر‎ (nokar), Marathi नोकर (nokar), Kannada ನೌಕರ (naukara).

Noun

নওকর • (nôukôr)

servant, dependent; retainer

Derived terms

নওকর চাকরি (noōkor cakri, “domestic work”)
নওকরি (noōkri, “service, employment, post”)

See also

খাদিম (khadim)

References

Accessible Dictionary, “নওকর”, Government of Bangladesh

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