langgar
/ˈlɑŋɡɑ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Alternative form of langar (“communal kitchen inside a gurdwara run by its worshippers”)
Example Sentences
Etymology
From Malay langgar, from Classical Persian لنگر (langar, “the house or monastery of the Calendars or Muhammadan monks”, literally “anchor”), from Ancient Greek ἄγκῡρα (ánkūra), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂enk- (“corner, hirn”). Sense of kitchen from Punjabi ਲੰਗਰ (laṅgar, “public kitchen, almshouse”) from the same Persian root above influenced by said Malay loan.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: langgar, لنگر, ἄγκῡρα, *h₂enk-