Nankar, Nānkār, Nāṅkār, Ñāṅkar, Nāṅkar: 2 definitions
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Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusNānkār (ನಾನ್ಕಾರ್):—[noun] (archaic.) an allowance or payment made to the officer who would collect revenue.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Tamil dictionary
Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil LexiconÑāṅkar (ஞாங்கர்) perhaps from ஆங்கு. [angu.] noun
1. Side; பக்கம். (திவா.) [pakkam. (thiva.)]
2. Place, situation, locality; இடம். (திவா.) [idam. (thiva.)]
3. Lance, dart; வேலாயுதம். (திவா.) ஞாங்கர் வினைப்பூண் டெண்மணிமேகலை வீழ்ந்தன [velayutham. (thiva.) gnangar vinaippun denmani vizhnthana] (நற்றிணை [narrinai] 171). — adverb
1. Above, on, over; மேல். ஞாங்கர் . . . உழவர் . . . பெரும்பகடு புதவிற் பூட்டி [mel. gnangar . . . uzhavar . . . perumbagadu puthavir putti] (பத்துப்பாட்டு: பெரும்பாணாற்றுப்படை [pathuppattu: perumbanarruppadai] 196).
2. There; அங்கே. ஞாங்கர் வருடை மடமறி யூர்விடைத் துஞ்சும் [ange. gnangar varudai madamari yurvidaith thunchum] (கலித்தொகை [kalithogai] 50).
3. Before, forward, in front; முன். ஞாங்கர்க் கிளந்த மூன்று பொருளாக [mun. gnangark kilantha munru porulaga] (தொல். பொ. [thol. po.] 141).
4. Henceforth, henceforward, hereafter; இனி. ((சங்கத்தகராதி) தமிழ்சொல்லகராதி) [ini. ((sangathagarathi) thamizhsollagarathi)]
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Nāṅkar (நாங்கர்) noun < Urdu naṅkar. Cultivation, agriculture; விவசாயம். [vivasayam.] (C. G.)
Tamil is an ancient language of India from the Dravidian family spoken by roughly 250 million people mainly in southern India and Sri Lanka.
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Ends with: Inankar, Iru-talainankar, Kunankar.
Full-text: Iru-talainankar.
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