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name
A village in Langar cum Barnstone parish, Rushcliffe borough, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK7234).
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noun
A public eating-place in South Asia, now especially a communal kitchen run by a Sikh community and serving free food.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Sikhism, countable
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noun
The free food served at such a place.
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Usage: uncountable
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History
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.
