Etymology

begar

B3E1G2A1R1

Today it means: A system of forced labour in parts of India. Full definition →

Hindi बेगार ← Classical Persian بیگار
Ask AI about its historyChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

The story

  1. Classical Persian · derived fromبیگار
  2. Hindi · borrowed fromबेगार“forced labor”
  3. English todaybegar

Borrowed from Hindi बेगार (begār, “forced labor”), from Classical Persian بیگار (bē-gār).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.