langar
nounUK /ˈlʌŋɡə/
Etymology 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.
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Sikhism A public eating-place in South Asia, now especially a communal kitchen run by a Sikh community and serving free food.
- 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 […]2016, Sunil Khilnani, Incarnations, Penguin, published 2017, page 98:
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The free food served at such a place.
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