langar

/ˈlʌŋɡə/
noun 2name 1

Definitions

noun

1

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 […]

2

The free food served at such a place.

name

1

A village in Langar cum Barnstone parish, Rushcliffe borough, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK7234).

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