langar/ˈlʌŋɡə/EtymologyFrom 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.langar means A village in Langar cum Barnstone parish, Rushcliffe borough, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK7234). Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 88 out of 100.nameA village in Langar cum Barnstone parish, Rushcliffe borough, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK7234).nounA 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 […]”The free food served at such a place.