انکار
Persian
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic إِنْكَار (ʔinkār), from أَنْكَرَ (ʔankara).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /ʔin.ˈkaːr/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [ʔɪŋ.kʰɑːɾ]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [ʔeŋ.kʰɒːɹ]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [ʔiŋ.kʰɔɾ]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | inkār |
| Dari reading? | inkār |
| Iranian reading? | enkâr |
| Tajik reading? | inkor |
- Rhymes: -ɑːr
Noun
انکار • (enkâr)
Derived terms
- انکار کردن (enkâr kardan)
Urdu
Etymology
Etymology tree
Borrowed from Classical Persian اِنْکَار (inkār), borrowed from Arabic إِنْكَار (ʔinkār), from أَنْكَرَ (ʔankara).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /ɪn.kɑːɾ/
- Rhymes: -ɑːɾ
- Hyphenation: اِن‧کار
Noun
اِنْکار • (inkār) m (Hindi spelling इनकार)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | اِنْکار (inkār) | اِنْکار (inkār) |
| oblique | اِنْکار (inkār) | اِنْکاروں (inkārõ) |
| vocative | اِنْکار (inkār) | اِنْکارو (inkāro) |
Related terms
- اِنْکار کَرْنا (inkār karnā, “to reject”)
See also
Urdu terms derived from the Arabic root ن ك ر (0 c, 2 e)
Further reading
- “انکار”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “انکار”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2026.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “انکار”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
- Platts, John T. (1884), “انکار”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
- Fallon, S. W. (1879), “اِن؟کار”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co., page 157
- John Shakespear (1834), “انکار”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC