Etymograph

English

Nagar

Nagar comes from Hindi नगर ‘town, city’, and goes back to Sanskrit नगर.

  1. Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEनगरnagara‘of the town’
  2. Hindic. 1500–presentsame formnagar‘town, city’
  3. EnglishtodayNagar

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEनगरnagara‘of the town’
  2. Hindic. 1500–presentsame formnagar‘town, city’
  3. EnglishtodayNagar

Another origin of Nagar

  1. Hebrew1880s–presentנַגָּרnagár‘carpenter’
  2. EnglishtodayNagar

Today it means

name A surname of Indian usage.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Sanskrit नगर / Nagar