अगर

Hindi

Pronunciation
  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /ə.ɡəɾ/, [ɐ.ɡɐɾ]

Etymology 1

From Sanskrit अगरु (agaru). Ultimately from Tamil அகில் (akil, “eagle-wood”).[1][2]

Noun

अगर • (agar) m (Urdu spelling اگر)

  1. agarwood
Declension
Declension of अगर (masc cons-stem)
singular plural
direct अगर
agar		 अगर
agar
oblique अगर
agar		 अगरों
agarõ
vocative अगर
agar		 अगरो
agaro
Derived terms

References
  1. Shulman, David (2016) Tamil: A biography, Harvard University Press, pages 19-20:
    We have ahalim [in Hebrew], probably derived directly from Tamil akil rather than from Sanskrit aguru, itself a loan from the Tamil (Numbers 24.8; Proverbs 7.17; Song of Songs 4.14; Psalms 45.9--the latter two instances with the feminine plural form ahalot. Akil is, we think, native to South India, and it is thus not surprising that the word was borrowed by cultures that imported this plant.
  2. Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “agaru”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Classical Persian اگر (agar), from Middle Persian 𐭧𐭲 (ḥt /⁠agar⁠/).

Conjunction

अगर • (agar) (Urdu spelling اگر)

  1. if
    Synonym: यदि (yadi)
    अगर मैंने यह किया होता तो ...
    agar ma͠ine yah kiyā hotā to ...
    If I had done this, then ...
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