sangar
Britishnoun
"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012Etymology
Origin of sangar
C19: from Pashto
Example Sentences
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Sangar, an Iraqi Kurd who made the crossing a month after the sinking, lost several friends, including one from childhood.
From BBC
He said "they tried to pull the wall down, and sangar".
From BBC
Sangar Khaleel contributed reporting from Erbil.
From New York Times
Sangar Khaleel contributed reporting from Iraq.
From New York Times
He has claimed his hands were wet and his finger accidentally slipped on the trigger of a mounted machine gun he was manning inside a sangar.
From BBC
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