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Noun [Chagatai]

Forms: nwkr [romanization], nökär [romanization], näwkär [romanization], نوکرلار [plural], 𐽺𐾂𐽳𐽷𐽰𐽾 [alternative]
Etymology: Borrowed from Middle Mongol ᠨᠥᠬᠦᠷ (nökür). The pronunciation as /näwkär/ is mediated through Classical Persian نَوْکَر (nawkar) instead. Etymology templates: {{bor+|chg|xng|ᠨᠥᠬᠦᠷ}} Borrowed from Middle Mongol ᠨᠥᠬᠦᠷ (nökür), {{bor|chg|fa-cls|نَوْکَر}} Classical Persian نَوْکَر (nawkar) Head templates: {{head|chg|noun|plural|نوکرلار|f1tr=nökärlär|ts=nökär|ts2=näwkär}} نوکر • (nwkr /nökär/ or nwkr /näwkär/) (plural نوکرلار (nökärlär))
  1. servant, domestic, attendant
    Sense id: en-نوکر-chg-noun-w2DMgGSD Categories (other): Chagatai terms with non-redundant manual transliterations Disambiguation of Chagatai terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 63 37
  2. friend, companion
    Sense id: en-نوکر-chg-noun-wQ2RN7VQ Categories (other): Chagatai entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Chagatai entries with incorrect language header: 43 57

Noun [Middle Mongol]

Forms: nwkr [romanization], nöker [romanization]
Etymology: Arabic script spelling of ᠨᠥᠬᠦᠷ (nökür). Head templates: {{head|xng|noun|tr=nwkr|ts=nöker}} نوکر (nwkr /nöker/)
  1. friend Wikipedia link: Arabic script
    Sense id: en-نوکر-xng-noun-zeSFN8os Categories (other): Middle Mongol entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 6 entries, Pages with entries, Pages with 6 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 6 entries: 3 3 45 38 3 1 3 1 3 1 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 2 47 39 3 1 2 1 2 1

Noun [Persian]

IPA: /naw.ˈkar/ [Classical-Persian], [näw.kʰáɾ] [Dari, formal], [näw.kʰáɾ] [Dari, formal], [näw.kʰáɾ] [Kabuli], [näw.kʰáɾ] (note: Hazaragi), [now.kʰʲǽɹ] [Iran, formal], [now.kʰʲǽɹ] [Iran, formal], [no.kʰʲǽɹ] [Tehrani], [näw.kʰáɾ] [Tajik, formal] Forms: nawkar [romanization], nowkar [romanization], نوکرها [plural], spelling навкар [Tajik]
Etymology: Via some Turkic source, compare Azerbaijani nökər (“servant”), Turkmen nöker, Uzbek navkar. Ultimately from Middle Mongol ᠨᠥᠬᠦᠷ (nökür /⁠nökör⁠/), from Proto-Mongolic *nökör (“friend”). Compare Modern Mongolian нөхөр (nöxör, “friend”). The meaning of “servant” is owing to a semantic shift that happened in Turkic words borrowed from Mongolic; the Persian word was loaned from one of such Turkic words with the altered meaning. Etymology templates: {{bor|fa|trk|-}} Turkic, {{cog|az|nökər|t=servant}} Azerbaijani nökər (“servant”), {{cog|tk|nöker}} Turkmen nöker, {{cog|uz|navkar}} Uzbek navkar, {{der|fa|xng|ᠨᠥᠬᠦᠷ|ts=nökör}} Middle Mongol ᠨᠥᠬᠦᠷ (nökür /⁠nökör⁠/), {{der|fa|xgn-pro|*nökör|t=friend}} Proto-Mongolic *nökör (“friend”), {{cog|mn|нөхөр|t=friend}} Mongolian нөхөр (nöxör, “friend”), {{der|fa|xgn|-}} Mongolic Head templates: {{fa-noun|cls=نَوْکَر|pl=نوکرها|pl2=نواکر|pl2tr=nawākir /navâker}} نوکر • (nawkar / nowkar) (plural نوکرها (nawkar-hā / nowkar-hâ), or نواکر (nawākir / navâker), Tajik spelling навкар)
  1. servant, domestic, attendant
    Sense id: en-نوکر-fa-noun-w2DMgGSD Categories (other): Pages with 6 entries, Pages with entries, Persian entries with incorrect language header, Occupations, Pages with 6 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 6 entries: 3 3 45 38 3 1 3 1 3 1 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 2 47 39 3 1 2 1 2 1

Noun [Punjabi]

Forms: naukar [romanization], ਨੌਕਰ [Gurmukhi]
Etymology: Borrowed from Classical Persian نوکر (nawkar). Etymology templates: {{bor+|pa|fa-cls|نوکر|tr=nawkar}} Borrowed from Classical Persian نوکر (nawkar) Head templates: {{pa-noun|m|gur=ਨੌਕਰ|tr=naukar}} نوکر • (naukar) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਨੌਕਰ)
  1. servant Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-نوکر-pa-noun-KVryxVxx Categories (other): Punjabi entries with incorrect language header, Punjabi terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Occupations Disambiguation of Punjabi entries with incorrect language header: 88 12 Disambiguation of Punjabi terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 80 20 Disambiguation of Occupations: 85 15
  2. employee Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-نوکر-pa-noun-L9wBdwV9
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: نوکری (naukarī)

Noun [Urdu]

IPA: /nɔː.kəɾ/ [Standard, Urdu] Forms: نَوکَر [canonical, feminine, masculine], naukar [romanization], नौकर [Hindi]
Rhymes: -əɾ Etymology: Borrowed from Classical Persian نوکر (nawkar). Etymology templates: {{bor+|ur|fa-cls|نوکر|tr=nawkar}} Borrowed from Classical Persian نوکر (nawkar) Head templates: {{ur-noun|m,f|head=نَوکَر|hi=नौकर}} نَوکَر • (naukar) m or f (Hindi spelling नौकर)
  1. servant, domestic, attendant
    Sense id: en-نوکر-ur-noun-w2DMgGSD Categories (other): Urdu entries with incorrect language header, Occupations Disambiguation of Urdu entries with incorrect language header: 86 14 Disambiguation of Occupations: 82 18
  2. employee
    Sense id: en-نوکر-ur-noun-L9wBdwV9
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: خادِم (xādim), مُلازِم (mulāzim) Derived forms: نَوکْری (naukrī), نَوکَری (naukarī) Related terms: نَوکْرانی (naukrānī), نَوکَرانی (naukarānī)

Noun [Ushojo]

Forms: naukar [romanization]
Etymology: From Urdu نوکر (naukar). Etymology templates: {{bor|ush|ur|نوکر|tr=naukar}} Urdu نوکر (naukar) Head templates: {{head|ush|noun|g=|tr=naukar}} نوکر (naukar)
  1. servant, attendant, waiter
    Sense id: en-نوکر-ush-noun-6F~~uUe2 Categories (other): Ushojo entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Ushojo entries with incorrect language header: 86 14
  2. employee
    Sense id: en-نوکر-ush-noun-L9wBdwV9
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  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Uyghur",
      "lang_code": "ug",
      "roman": "newker",
      "word": "نەۋكەر"
    }
  ],
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        "3": "ᠨᠥᠬᠦᠷ"
      },
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      "name": "bor+"
    },
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      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Middle Mongol ᠨᠥᠬᠦᠷ (nökür). The pronunciation as /näwkär/ is mediated through Classical Persian نَوْکَر (nawkar) instead.",
  "forms": [
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      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nökär",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "näwkär",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "نوکرلار",
      "roman": "nökärlär",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "𐽺𐾂𐽳𐽷𐽰𐽾",
      "roman": "ṅwkʾr",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "4": "نوکرلار",
        "f1tr": "nökärlär",
        "ts": "nökär",
        "ts2": "näwkär"
      },
      "expansion": "نوکر • (nwkr /nökär/ or nwkr /näwkär/) (plural نوکرلار (nökärlär))",
      "name": "head"
    }
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  "pos": "noun",
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        ],
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          "attendant"
        ]
      ]
    },
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          "_dis": "43 57",
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          "companion",
          "companion"
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      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "نوکر"
}

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  "etymology_text": "Arabic script spelling of ᠨᠥᠬᠦᠷ (nökür).",
  "forms": [
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      "tags": [
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      "tags": [
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  "lang": "Middle Mongol",
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        },
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          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 3 45 38 3 1 3 1 3 1",
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 2 47 39 3 1 2 1 2 1",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "friend"
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      "id": "en-نوکر-xng-noun-zeSFN8os",
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      "wikipedia": [
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    }
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  "word": "نوکر"
}

{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "lang_code": "bn",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "roman": "noōkor",
      "word": "নওকর"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Gujarati",
      "lang_code": "gu",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "roman": "nokar",
      "word": "નોકર"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "English",
          "lang_code": "en",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "nokar"
        },
        {
          "lang": "English",
          "lang_code": "en",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "noker"
        },
        {
          "lang": "English",
          "lang_code": "en",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "naukar"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "lang_code": "hi",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "roman": "naukar",
      "word": "नौकर"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "trk",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Turkic",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "az",
        "2": "nökər",
        "t": "servant"
      },
      "expansion": "Azerbaijani nökər (“servant”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tk",
        "2": "nöker"
      },
      "expansion": "Turkmen nöker",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "uz",
        "2": "navkar"
      },
      "expansion": "Uzbek navkar",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "xng",
        "3": "ᠨᠥᠬᠦᠷ",
        "ts": "nökör"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Mongol ᠨᠥᠬᠦᠷ (nökür /⁠nökör⁠/)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "xgn-pro",
        "3": "*nökör",
        "t": "friend"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Mongolic *nökör (“friend”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mn",
        "2": "нөхөр",
        "t": "friend"
      },
      "expansion": "Mongolian нөхөр (nöxör, “friend”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "xgn",
        "3": "-"
      },
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      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Via some Turkic source, compare Azerbaijani nökər (“servant”), Turkmen nöker, Uzbek navkar. Ultimately from Middle Mongol ᠨᠥᠬᠦᠷ (nökür /⁠nökör⁠/), from Proto-Mongolic *nökör (“friend”). Compare Modern Mongolian нөхөр (nöxör, “friend”).\nThe meaning of “servant” is owing to a semantic shift that happened in Turkic words borrowed from Mongolic; the Persian word was loaned from one of such Turkic words with the altered meaning.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "nawkar",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nowkar",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "نوکرها",
      "roman": "nawkar-hā / nowkar-hâ",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spelling навкар",
      "tags": [
        "Tajik"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "cls": "نَوْکَر",
        "pl": "نوکرها",
        "pl2": "نواکر",
        "pl2tr": "nawākir /navâker"
      },
      "expansion": "نوکر • (nawkar / nowkar) (plural نوکرها (nawkar-hā / nowkar-hâ), or نواکر (nawākir / navâker), Tajik spelling навкар)",
      "name": "fa-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Persian",
  "lang_code": "fa",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 6 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
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          "source": "w"
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          "_dis": "3 3 45 38 3 1 3 1 3 1",
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        {
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      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              215,
              219
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              317,
              324
            ]
          ],
          "english": "They should kill you, you pitiful man¶So many Iranians have been killed and you have nothing to say for them, then you're saddened by the deaths of three American soldiers? Are you even Iranian? Do you count the Iranian people as human? Kissing the hand is genetic in your dynasty. Just like your dad and granddad, a servant of foreigners",
          "ref": "2026 March 2, @nikansiyanor, Instagram Story:",
          "roman": "xâk bar saret konan badbaxt¶ inhame irâni košte šodan be hič jât nist ba'd barâye mordane se tâ sarbâze âmrikâyi nârâhati? to aslan irâni hasti? mardom-e irâni to âdam hesâb mikoni? dast busi tu xândân-e šoma ženetikiye. eyn-e un bâbâ va bâbâbozorget, nowkar-e xâreji",
          "text": "خاک بر سرت كنن بدبخت¶ اينهمه ايرانى كشته شدن به هيج جات نيست بعد براى مردنه سه تا سرباز آمريكايى ناراحتی؟ تو اصلا ايرانى هستی؟ مردم ايران رو آدم حساب ميکنی؟ دست بوسی تو خاندان شما ژنتيكيه. عين اون بابا و بابابزرگت، نوكر خارجی",
          "translation": "They should kill you, you pitiful man¶So many Iranians have been killed and you have nothing to say for them, then you're saddened by the deaths of three American soldiers? Are you even Iranian? Do you count the Iranian people as human? Kissing the hand is genetic in your dynasty. Just like your dad and granddad, a servant of foreigners",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "servant, domestic, attendant"
      ],
      "id": "en-نوکر-fa-noun-w2DMgGSD",
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          "domestic",
          "domestic"
        ],
        [
          "attendant",
          "attendant"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/naw.ˈkar/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Persian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[näw.kʰáɾ]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[näw.kʰáɾ]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[näw.kʰáɾ]",
      "tags": [
        "Kabuli"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[näw.kʰáɾ]",
      "note": "Hazaragi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[now.kʰʲǽɹ]",
      "tags": [
        "Iran",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[now.kʰʲǽɹ]",
      "tags": [
        "Iran",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[no.kʰʲǽɹ]",
      "tags": [
        "Tehrani"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[näw.kʰáɾ]",
      "tags": [
        "Tajik",
        "formal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "نوکر"
}

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "naukarī",
      "word": "نوکری"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
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        "3": "نوکر",
        "tr": "nawkar"
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      "name": "bor+"
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  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Classical Persian نوکر (nawkar).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "naukar",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ਨੌਕਰ",
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  ],
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    {
      "args": {
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Punjabi",
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  "pos": "noun",
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          "_dis": "88 12",
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        "plural"
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      "form": "𐽺𐾂𐽳𐽷𐽰𐽾",
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      "args": {
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    {
      "args": {
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        "Persian nouns",
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        "Persian terms derived from Middle Mongol",
        "Persian terms derived from Mongolic languages",
        "Persian terms derived from Proto-Mongolic",
        "Persian terms derived from Turkic languages",
        "Persian terms with IPA pronunciation",
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              324
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          "english": "They should kill you, you pitiful man¶So many Iranians have been killed and you have nothing to say for them, then you're saddened by the deaths of three American soldiers? Are you even Iranian? Do you count the Iranian people as human? Kissing the hand is genetic in your dynasty. Just like your dad and granddad, a servant of foreigners",
          "ref": "2026 March 2, @nikansiyanor, Instagram Story:",
          "roman": "xâk bar saret konan badbaxt¶ inhame irâni košte šodan be hič jât nist ba'd barâye mordane se tâ sarbâze âmrikâyi nârâhati? to aslan irâni hasti? mardom-e irâni to âdam hesâb mikoni? dast busi tu xândân-e šoma ženetikiye. eyn-e un bâbâ va bâbâbozorget, nowkar-e xâreji",
          "text": "خاک بر سرت كنن بدبخت¶ اينهمه ايرانى كشته شدن به هيج جات نيست بعد براى مردنه سه تا سرباز آمريكايى ناراحتی؟ تو اصلا ايرانى هستی؟ مردم ايران رو آدم حساب ميکنی؟ دست بوسی تو خاندان شما ژنتيكيه. عين اون بابا و بابابزرگت، نوكر خارجی",
          "translation": "They should kill you, you pitiful man¶So many Iranians have been killed and you have nothing to say for them, then you're saddened by the deaths of three American soldiers? Are you even Iranian? Do you count the Iranian people as human? Kissing the hand is genetic in your dynasty. Just like your dad and granddad, a servant of foreigners",
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      "ipa": "[no.kʰʲǽɹ]",
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      "ipa": "[näw.kʰáɾ]",
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  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "roman": "naukrānī",
      "word": "نَوکْرانی"
    },
    {
      "roman": "naukarānī",
      "word": "نَوکَرانی"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "servant, domestic, attendant"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "servant",
          "servant"
        ],
        [
          "domestic",
          "domestic"
        ],
        [
          "attendant",
          "attendant"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "employee"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "employee",
          "employee"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/nɔː.kəɾ/",
      "tags": [
        "Standard",
        "Urdu"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-əɾ"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "xādim",
      "word": "خادِم"
    },
    {
      "roman": "mulāzim",
      "word": "مُلازِم"
    }
  ],
  "word": "نوکر"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 6 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Ushojo entries with incorrect language header",
    "Ushojo lemmas",
    "Ushojo nouns",
    "Ushojo terms borrowed from Urdu",
    "Ushojo terms derived from Urdu"
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ush",
        "2": "ur",
        "3": "نوکر",
        "tr": "naukar"
      },
      "expansion": "Urdu نوکر (naukar)",
      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Urdu نوکر (naukar).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "naukar",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ush",
        "2": "noun",
        "g": "",
        "tr": "naukar"
      },
      "expansion": "نوکر (naukar)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ushojo",
  "lang_code": "ush",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "servant, attendant, waiter"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "servant",
          "servant"
        ],
        [
          "attendant",
          "attendant"
        ],
        [
          "waiter",
          "waiter"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "employee"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "employee",
          "employee"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "نوکر"
}

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{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1698",
  "msg": "unrecognized head form: نواکر (nawākir / navâker)",
  "path": [
    "نوکر"
  ],
  "section": "Persian",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "نوکر",
  "trace": ""
}

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