प्यार

• पियार (piyār)

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀧𑀺𑀆𑀭 m (piāra, “love”), from Sanskrit प्रिय n (priya, “love, kindness, favour, pleasure”) + कार (kāra, “act”) (compare with the actual compound प्रियकार (priyakāra, “agreeable, doing a kindness”, adjective)).

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /pjɑːɾ/, [pjäːɾ]

प्यार • (pyār) m (Urdu spelling پیار)

1. love, strong affection

   Synonyms: इश्क़ (iśq), आशिक़ी (āśiqī), मुहब्बत (muhabbat), स्नेह (sneh), प्रेम (prem), प्रीति (prīti), रति (rati), मोह (moh)

   पहले प्यार, फिर शादी! ― pahle pyār, phir śādī! ― First love, then marriage!

2. caress
3. a kiss

   Synonyms: चुंबा (cumbā), चुंबन (cumban)

4. fondness

   Synonym: रुचि (ruci)

5. friendship

   Synonyms: मित्रता (mitratā), दोस्ती (dostī), मैत्री (maitrī), मित्राई (mitrāī), बंधुत्व (bandhutva), बंधुता (bandhutā), सखित्व (sakhitva)

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• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “priyakāra”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press