different between saggar vs sangar

English

Alternative forms

• sagger

Etymology

Uncertain; possibly a contracted form of safeguard.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?sæ?.??/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /?sæ?.?/
• Rhymes: -æ??(r)

Noun

saggar (plural saggars)

1. A ceramic container used inside a fuel-fired kiln to protect pots from the flame.
2. Fireclay used to make ceramic casings.

Translations

See also

• saggar maker
• saggar maker's bottom knocker

Verb

saggar (third-person singular simple present saggars, present participle saggaring, simple past and past participle saggared)

1. (transitive) To place in a saggar.

References

• Krueger, Dennis (December 1982). "Why On Earth Do They Call It Throwing?" Studio Potter Vol. 11, Number 1.[1] (etymology)

English

Alternative forms

• sanger
• sungar

Etymology

From Pashto ????? (sangar) or from Persian ????? (sangar).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?sa??/

Noun

sangar (plural sangars)

1. (military, Britain) A stone breastwork; a fortified niche or look-out post.
   • 1990, Peter Hopkirk, The Great Game, Folio Society 2010, page 422:

     At the summits of these the enemy sharpshooters waited for them in sangars, or rock-built entrenchments, each of which had to be taken before the advance could safely continue.

   • 2002, Stephen Hughes, The Iraqi Threat and Saddam Hussein?s Weapons of Mass Destruction, page 140:

     A sangar is a breastwork in the form of stonewalls built without bounding material. If stones are unavailable at or near the picket site sandbags are brought in to build the sangar.

   • 2003, Mike Ryan, Secret Operations of the SAS, page 81:

     As the sun finally set, the rebels rushed the sangars, but were cut to pieces by the deadly accurate SAS fire.

   • 2007, David Humphry, Siege, page 205:

     The game?s up, thought Piet as the Burghers returned fire and moved forward to attack the sangar.

Anagrams

• Nagras, Ragans, argans, rangas

Estonian

Etymology

Borrowed from Finnish sankari.

Noun

sangar (genitive sangari, partitive sangarit)

1. hero

Declension

Synonyms

• kangelane

Derived terms

• sangarlik