jaadugar

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UK/ˈd͡ʒɑːdjʊɡə/

noun

magician

OriginHindi जादूगर (jādūgar) ← Classical Persian جادوگر (jādūgar) ← Middle Persian 𐭩𐭠𐭲𐭥𐭪𐭠 (yʾtʿkʾ /⁠ǰādūg⁠/) →
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Meanings

nounjaadugar (plural jaadugars)

plural jaadugars · alternative jadoogar · alternative jadugar · alternative jadoogur

  1. Indiamagician

    Because a woman jaadugar saw that and did it.

    2018, Mahima Nayar, Against All Odds: Psychosocial Distress and Healing among Women
    3 more examples

    “I've spotted the jaadugar preparing to start his act,” he said.

    1985, Margaret R. Bhatty, Kidnapping at Birpur, page 93

    They were beautiful, those two, and young; to see them was to know the magic of that jaadugar in the heavens.

    2010, Navtej Sarna, The Exile

    That had been what the jaadugar used after all.

    2021, Roshani Chokshi, The Gilded Wolves

Origin

  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. Englishjaadugar

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

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APA

jaadugar. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/jaadugar

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“jaadugar.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/jaadugar. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “jaadugar,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/jaadugar.

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