abkar

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US/ˈɑb.kɑɹ/

noun

A wine seller; one who is subject to the abkari tax.

OriginHindustani ← Classical Persian آبکار ← Middle Persian ʾp̄ →
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Meanings

nounabkar (plural abkars)

plural abkars

  1. IndiaNorthA wine seller; one who is subject to the abkari tax.

Origin

  1. Old Persianāpi-
  2. Middle Persianʾp̄“water”
  3. Classical Persianآبکار
  4. Hindustani
  5. Englishabkar

Borrowed from Hindustani آبکار (ābkār) / आबकार (ābkār), from Classical Persian آبکار (ābkār), from آب (āb, “water”) (from Middle Persian ʾp̄ (āp, “water”), from Old Persian āpi-, akin to Avestan 𐬁𐬟𐬱 (āfš, “water”), Sanskrit अप् (ap, “water”), Lithuanian ùpė, Old Prussian appi (“river”)) + کار (kâr, “does”), akin to Sanskrit कर (kara, “doing, giving, effecting”).

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Anagrams

AkbarBarakBakarKabarBarkaKabrarabakArkab
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