جادوگر

Baluchi

Noun

جادوگر • (jádúgar)

  1. magician

See also

Persian

Etymology

From جادو (jâdu) +‎ ـگر (-gar).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [d͡ʒɑː.d̪uː.ɡáɾ]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [d͡ʒɑː.d̪uː.ɡáɾ]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [d͡ʒɔː.d̪u.ɡáɾ]

Readings
Classical reading? jādūgar
Dari reading? jādūgar
Iranian reading? jâdugar
Tajik reading? jodugar

Noun

جادوگر • (jādūgar / jâdugar) (Tajik spelling ҷодугар)

  1. magician
    • 1932, محمد اقبال [Muhammad Iqbāl], “Meeting with the Indian poet Bartari Hari”, in Arthur J. Arberry, transl., جاویدنامه [Jāvīdnāma, Book of Eternity]‎[1]:
      زیر لب خندید پیر پاک زاد
      گفت ای جادو گر ہندی نژاد
      zēr-i lab xandīd-i pīr-i pāk zād
      guft ay jādūgar-i hindī nižād
      A smile played on the lips of my holy guide
      and he said: ‘magician of Indian stock‘
      (Indo-Persian script)

Derived terms

  • جادوگری (jâdugari)

Descendants

Punjabi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian جادوگر (jādūgar).

Noun

جادوگر • (jādūgarm (Gurmukhi spelling ਜਾਦੂਗਰ)

  1. magician

Sindhi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian جادوگر (jādūgar).

Noun

جادوگر • (jādūgarum (Devanagari जादूगरु)

  1. magician

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian جادوگر (jādūgar).

Pronunciation

Noun

جادُوگَر • (jādūgarm (Hindi spelling जादूगर)

  1. magician, sorcerer, wizard, enchanter, conjurer
    کوئی جادوگر کے بازو کاٹ بھی دے اس کے ہاتھ میں پھر بھی جادو رہتا ہے۔
    koī jādūgar ke bāzū kāṭ bhī de us-ke hāth mẽ phir bhī jādū rahtā hai.
    Even if someone cuts off a magician's arms the magic still remains in his hands.

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • جادوگرنی
  • جادوگری

Further reading

  • جادوگر”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • Platts, John T. (1884), “جادوگر”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
  • جادوگر”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2026.

Ushojo

Etymology

From Urdu جادوگر (jādūgar).

Noun

جادوگر (jādōgar)

  1. magician, sorcerer, wizard
    Synonym: جوگی (jōgī)