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語源

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.

発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /ˈlʌŋɡə/
• 韻: -ʌŋɡə(ɹ)

名詞

langar (countable and uncountable, plural langars)

1. (countable, Sikhism) A public eating-place in South Asia, now especially a communal kitchen run by a Sikh community and serving free food. [from 19th c.]
   • 2016, Sunil Khilnani, Incarnations, Penguin, published 2017, page 98:

     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 […]

2. (uncountable) The free food served at such a place.

参考

• langgar

アナグラム

• Largan, Raglan, raglan