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noun
An Ismaili shrine and burial site, often decorated with rocks.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A small mosque or prayer hall.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Indonesia, Malaysia, uncommon
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Synonyms: surau
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noun
Alternative form of langar (“communal kitchen inside a gurdwara run by its worshippers”)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Malaysia, Sikhism, Singapore, alt-of, alternative
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verb
To hit or collide (with something).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Manglish, Singlish, invariable
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History
From Malay langgar, from Classical Persian لنگر (langar, “the house or monastery of the Calendars or Muhammadan monks”, literally “anchor”), from Ancient Greek ἄγκῡρα (ánkūra), from Proto-Indo-European *h2enk- (“corner, hirn”). Sense of kitchen from Punjabi ਲੰਗਰ (laṅgar, “public kitchen, almshouse”) from the same Persian root above influenced by said Malay loan.
Unadapted borrowing from Malay langgar (“to collide”).
