different between sufism vs langar

Romanian

Etymology

From French soufisme

Noun

sufism n (uncountable)

1. Sufism

Declension

English

Etymology

From Hindi ???? (la?gar), Punjabi ???? (la?gar, “public kitchen, almshouse”), and their source, Persian ????? (“public eating-place attached to Sufi shrine”). Doublet of anchor.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?l????/

Noun

langar (countable and uncountable, plural langars)

1. (countable) A public eating-place in South Asia, now especially a communal kitchen run by a Sikh community and serving free food. [from 19th c.]
   • 2016, Sunil Khilnani, Incarnations, Penguin 2017, p. 98:

     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. (uncountable) The free food served at such a place.

Anagrams

• Largan, Raglan, raglan

Basque

Noun

langar

1. drizzle

Icelandic

Etymology 1

Noun

langar m

1. nominative indefinite plural of langur

Etymology 2

Verb

langar

1. present indicative of langa

Old Norse

Adjective

langar

1. feminine plural nominative/accusative strong positive degree of langr

Verb

langar

1. inflection of langa:
   1. second-person singular present indicative active
   2. third-person singular present indicative active

Swedish

Verb

langar

1. present tense of langa.

Anagrams

• naglar