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langar

UK/ˈlʌŋɡə/

langar noun: a public eating-place in South Asia, now especially a communal kitchen run by a Sikh community and serving free food.

Noun

langar (countable and uncountable, plural langars)

  1. (Sikhism, countable) A public eating-place in South Asia, now especially a communal kitchen run by a Sikh community and serving free food.
    • While many hungry people go to the langars in Delhi's gurudwaras, or in Birmingham, or the two in Queens, New York, because the food is good and free, there's a decidedly political dimension […]2016, Sunil Khilnani, Incarnations, Penguin, published 2017, page 98
  2. (uncountable) The free food served at such a place.

Proper noun capitalized: Langar

Langar

  1. A village in Langar cum Barnstone parish, Rushcliffe borough, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK7234).

langar meaning in Punjabi and Gujarati

langar in Punjabi

langar
ਲੰਗਰ laṅgar

langar in Gujarati

langar, a communal kitchen
લંગર laṅgar

Forms of langar

plurallangars

Origin of langar

From Hindi लंगर (laṅgar), Punjabi ਲੰਗਰ (laṅgar, “public kitchen, almshouse”), and their source, Classical Persian لنگر (langar, “public eating-place attached to Sufi shrine”). Doublet of anchor.

Phrases with langar

Words that rhyme with langar

Questions about langar

What does langar mean?
Langar means a public eating-place in South Asia, now especially a communal kitchen run by a Sikh community and serving free food.
What is langar in Punjabi?
Langar in Punjabi is ਲੰਗਰ (laṅgar). See Langar meaning in Punjabi.
What part of speech is langar?
Langar can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce langar?
Langar is pronounced /ˈlʌŋɡə/ (UK).
What is the plural of langar?
The plural of langar is langars.

Words near langar in the dictionary

  1. langaj
  2. Langan
  3. langanite
  4. Langans
  5. Langao
  6. langar
  7. Langar cum Barnstone
  8. langarai
  9. Langarica
  10. Langaricas
  11. langars

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: langar (page history and authors); Langar (page history and authors); ਲੰਗਰ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); લંગર (Gujarati) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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