nokar

N1O1K5A1R1

noun

A servant, whether domestic, military, or civil.

OriginHindi नौकर ← Classical Persian نَوْکَر ← Turkic →
Scrabble 9
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

nounnokar (plural nokars)

plural nokars · alternative naukar · alternative noker

  1. IndiahistoricalA servant, whether domestic, military, or civil.

Origin

  1. Middle Mongolᠨᠥᠬᠦᠷ
  2. Turkic
  3. Classical Persianنَوْکَر
  4. Hindiनौकर
  5. Englishnokar

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/).

More words from Hindi, Classical Persian, Turkic

Full word history & related roots →

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

AkronkronaKoranKaronRankoNorakRakon
Cite this entry
APA

nokar. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nokar

MLA

“nokar.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nokar. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nokar,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nokar.

Source: nokar on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.