langar
/ˈlʌŋɡə/noun
langar is spelled L-A-N-G-A-R: 6 letters. It appears about once in every 23 million words in written English, the 146,811th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, langar means “A public eating-place in South Asia, now especially a communal kitchen run by a Sikh community and serving free food” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of langar is langars.
How many letters and syllables are in langar?
| Letters | 6: L-A-N-G-A-R |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 23 million words; the 146,811th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is langar?
Langar appears about once in every 23 million words in written English, the 146,811th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce langar?
- UK /ˈlʌŋɡə/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What rhymes with langar?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as langar from its last stressed vowel (/ʌŋɡə/, British pronunciation):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: raglan.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of langar
- langars plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does langar mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A public eating-place in South Asia, now especially a communal kitchen run by a Sikh community and serving free food.
- 2
The free food served at such a place.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does langar come from?
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.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).