Etymology

nokar

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Today it means: A servant, whether domestic, military, or civil. Full definition →

Hindi नौकर ← Classical Persian نَوْکَر ← Turkic
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The story

  1. Middle Mongol · derived fromᠨᠥᠬᠦᠷ
  2. Turkic · derived from
  3. Classical Persian · derived fromنَوْکَر
  4. Hindi · borrowed fromनौकर
  5. English todaynokar

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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