Etymology

jaadugar

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Today it means: magician Full definition →

Hindi जादूगर (jādūgar) ← Classical Persian جادوگر (jādūgar) ← Middle Persian 𐭩𐭠𐭲𐭥𐭪𐭠 (yʾtʿkʾ /⁠ǰādūg⁠/)
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  1. Proto-Indo-Iranian*yaHtúš
  2. Old Persian𐎹𐎠𐎬𐎢 (y-a-tu-u /⁠yātu⁠/)
  3. Middle Persian𐭩𐭠𐭲𐭥𐭪𐭠 (yʾtʿkʾ /⁠ǰādūg⁠/)
  4. Classical Persianجادو (jâdu)
  5. Classical Persianـگر (-gar)
  6. Classical Persianجادوگر (jādūgar)
  7. Hindiजादूगर (jādūgar)
  8. English todayjaadugar

Borrowed from Hindi जादूगर (jādūgar), from Classical Persian جَادُوگَر (jādūgar).

Words from the same roots

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.