मगर

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /mə.ɡəɾ/

Borrowed from Persian مگر‎ (magar).

मगर • (magar) (Urdu spelling مگر‎)

1. but, however

   मैं उसका दोस्त हूँ, मगर वह मेरा दोस्त नहीं है।

   ma͠i uskā dost hū̃, magar vah merā dost nahī̃ hai.

   I am his friend, but he is not my friend.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:मगर

• अगर (agar, “if”)

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀫𑀕𑀭 (magara), from Sanskrit मकर (mákara).

मगर • (magar) m (Urdu spelling مگر‎)

1. crocodile

   Synonym: घड़ियाल (ghaṛiyāl)

• मगरमच्छ (magarmacch)

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “मगर”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Bahri, Hardev (1989), “मगर”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.
• Platts, John T. (1884), “मगर”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.

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• IPA^(key): /mə.ɡəɾ/

मगर • (magar) f

1. crocodile

• सुसर (susar)

• Berntsen, Maxine, “मगर”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857), “मगर”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
• Shridhar Ganesh Vaze (1911), “मगर”, in The Aryabhusan School Dictionary, Poona: Arya-Bhushan Press