گھر

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Gujarati

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Noun

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گھر (gharn (Lisan ud-Dawat)

  1. Arabic spelling of ઘર (ghar)

Punjabi

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گھر دا نموݨہ

Etymology

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    Inherited from Prakrit 𑀖𑀭 (ghara), from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀕𑀭𑁆𑀳 (*garha), from a metathesized form of Sanskrit गृह (gṛhá),[1] from Proto-Indo-Iranian *gʰr̥dʰás (house), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰr̥dʰ-ó-s, from *gʰerdʰ- (enclosure). Compare Northern Hindko کَہار (kahār). Far cognate with Persian کرت (kart) and English garth / yard, Scottish Gaelic gàrradh (garden; wall) and Irish garraí (garden; small enclosure; halo), among others. Doublet of گَڑھ (gaṛh).

    Pronunciation

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    Noun

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    گَھر (gharm (Gurmukhi spelling ਘਰ)

    1. house, home
      Synonyms: مَکاݨ (makāṇ, house; building), (hut, modest home) کُلّا (kullā)
      • 2006, غلام حسین ساجد [G̲h̲ulām Ḥusain Sājid], نیندر بھنی رات [Nīndar bhinnī rāt], Lahore: سانجھ [Sānjh], →ISBN, page 69:
        تے اوہ کِسے وی قیمت تے کِسے نوں اپنے گھر واڑن لئی راضی نہیں سی ہُوئی۔
        te oh kise vī qīmat te kise nūṉ apṇe ghar vāṛaṇ la'ī rāẓī nahīṉ sī hū'ī.
        And she wasn't prepared to let anyone inside her house, at any cost.
    2. (by extension) household; family
      Synonyms: خاندان (xāndān), گَھرانا (gharānā)
      • 2000, راوی [rāvī], volume 87, Lahore: Government College, →OCLC:
        جے غریب ماں پے بالاں دی وجہ توں گھر دی آمدن ودھا لیندے نیں تے ایہدے وچ حرج ای کیہ اے۔
        je ġarīb māṉ pe bālāṉ dī vajah toṉ ghar dī āmadan vadhā lainde neṉ te aehde vicc ḥaraj ī kīh ae.
        What bother is it if [some] poor parents decide to increase the household income through their children.
    3. (figuratively) homeland, country, birthplace
      Synonyms: دیس (des), وَطَن (vat̤an)
    4. (in compounds) building, place
      Synonyms: خانَہ (xānah), گَھرا (gharā)
      گَھنٹا گَھرghanṭā gharclock tower (literally, “clock house”)

    Declension

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    Declension of گھر
    dir. sg. گَھر (ghar)
    dir. pl. گَھر (ghar)
    singular plural
    direct گَھر (ghar) گَھر (ghar)
    oblique گَھر (ghar) گَھراں (gharāṉ)
    vocative گَھرا (gharā) گَھرو (gharo)
    ablative گَھروں (gharoṉ) گَھراں (gharāṉ)
    locative گَھرے (ghare) گَھرِیں (gharīṉ)
    instrumental گَھروں (gharoṉ)

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    References

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    1. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “ghara”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 239

    Further reading

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    • Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “گھر”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
    • Bashir, Kanwal (2012) “گھر”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Hyattsville, MD: Dunwoody Press
    • ਘਰ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024

    Urdu

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    Etymology

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    Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀖𑀭 (ghara), from a metathesized form of Sanskrit गृह (gṛha).

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    Noun

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    گَھر (gharm (Hindi spelling घर)

    1. (chiefly) house, home
      Synonym: مکان (makān)
    2. place, abode

    Declension

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        Declension of گھر
    singular plural
    direct گَھر (ghar) گَھر (ghar)
    oblique گَھر (ghar) گَھروں (gharō̃)
    vocative گَھر (ghar) گَھرو (gharō)

    Further reading

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    • گھر”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
    • گھر”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
    • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “گھر”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.