langar

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈlʌŋɡə/   

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A public eating-place in South Asia, now especially a communal kitchen run by a Sikh community and serving free food. Sikhism,countable
    — 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. The free food served at such a place. uncountable

词形变化

langars plural

词汇关系

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词源

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.
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