लंगर laṅgar

लंगर laṅgar [P. langar], m. 1. an anchor. 2. a heavy block of wood attached to the neck of cattle to prevent them from straying. 3. a heavy chain; fetters. 4. an anchor-shaped object; pendulum. 5. transf. a heavy rope; hawser. 6. strip of cloth: a loin-cloth as worn by wrestlers. 7. a public kitchen, alms-house; food distributed to the needy. 8. tacking, basting. — उठाना, to weigh anchor. छोड़ना, or डालना, to drop anchor. पर होना, to be at anchor. बाँधना, to gird the loins (to wrestle); fig. to become a student (a brahman, in the traditional way). – लंगर-गाह, f. an anchorage.

P H لنگر लंगर langar [Prk. लंगलं = S. लाङ्गलं], s.m. An anchor; — a large iron chain; a cable; a thick rope, a hawser; a stay or rope (for supporting a tent); — the raphe of the perineum; — a plait (of a robe); — a long strip of cloth worn (esp. by wrestlers) round the loins with the ends passed between the thighs and tucked in behind: — anything massy or unwieldy; a heavy weight; — pendulum (of a clock); — victuals distributed amongst faqīrs; alms; — an alms-house, a public kitchen (kept by a great man for his followers and dependants); — a dissolute fellow, a libertine, rake; — adj. Worthless, mean, vile, disliked by everybody: — langar uṭhānā, To weigh anchor; — to raise an alms-house; to feed the poor.

लंगर. Anchor; Goodwill; Charitable kitchen; The langar refers to the free, vegetarian food provided in Sikh Gurudwaras.