Word history
Wiktionary records सोनार as a Hindi noun and an alternative form of sunār. The word means goldsmith. Its etymology passes through Prakrit sŏṇṇaāra to Sanskrit suvarṇakāra, with a reference to Turner’s Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages. The spelling Sonar leaves the long final vowel unmarked in Latin letters. This occupational word history does not establish a trade for any individual.
Sources: Wiktionary contributors · Hindi entry, etymology and noun sense; revision 87518000
Literal dictionary sense
Native-script forms
सोनार · Devanagari
Spelling variants
Sunar.
Sources and attribution
- Wiktionary contributors · Hindi entry, etymology and noun sense; revision 87518000
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