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Where does “फाँसीगर” come from?
फाँसीगर (Hindi) comes from Hindi -गर, from Persian ـگر — -er.
फाँसीगर
(Hindi): strangler
Definitions
strangler
Ancestry of “फाँसीगर”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Hindi
-गर
forms agent nouns; -er
2
Persian
ـگر
-er
Every word from Persian ـگر →
Every word from Hindi -गर →