Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

nagar

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.07 in modern English

Syllables: na-gar
IPA

6

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname of Indian usage.

name

A surname from Hebrew.

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi नगर (nagar), from Sanskrit नगर (nagara, “of the town”).

Origin

Source language: Hindi

Word Breakdown

Root: नगर, נַגָּר

Inflected Forms

Nagars (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

Bhatnagar Devanagari Nagari

Questions

What does nagar mean?: A surname of Indian usage.
Where does nagar come from?: It is traced to Hindi.

How to pronounce nagar

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