sangar

== English == === Alternative forms === sangah, sanger, sungah, sungar, sungha === Etymology === From Pashto سنګر (sangar) or from Persian سنگر (sangar). === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈsaŋə/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈsæŋɚ/ Rhymes: -æŋə(ɹ) === Noun === sangar (plural sangars) (military, UK) A fortified breastwork, niche, or look-out post, especially one built of stone, sod, or sandbags. 1920, The Cornhill Magazine (William Makepeace Thackeray), page 202: […] sandbag sangars on the site of the new block-houses were occupied by the men, Pathans all, of a composite militia and constabulary force who had spent the day with pick and shovel behind the protecting line of British infantry. === Anagrams === Nagras, Ragans, argans, rangas == Estonian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Finnish sankari. === Noun === sangar (genitive sangari, partitive sangarit) hero ==== Declension ==== ==== Synonyms ==== kangelane ==== Derived terms ==== sangarlik