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Nepali
Pronunciation
- IPA(key):
- Phonetic Devanagari: गर
Verb
गर • (gara)
- second-person mid respect singular imperative of गर्नु (garnu)
References
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- গৰ (Assamese script)
- ᬕᬭ (Balinese script)
- গর (Bengali script)
- 𑰐𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀕𑀭 (Brahmi script)
- ဂရ (Burmese script)
- ગર (Gujarati script)
- ਗਰ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌗𑌰 (Grantha script)
- ꦒꦫ (Javanese script)
- 𑂏𑂩 (Kaithi script)
- ಗರ (Kannada script)
- គរ (Khmer script)
- ຄຣ (Lao script)
- ഗര (Malayalam script)
- ᡤᠠᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘐𑘨 (Modi script)
- ᠺᠠᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦰𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐐𑐬 (Newa script)
- ଗର (Odia script)
- ꢔꢬ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆓𑆫 (Sharada script)
- 𑖐𑖨 (Siddham script)
- ගර (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩞𑩼 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚌𑚤 (Takri script)
- க³ர (Tamil script)
- గర (Telugu script)
- คร (Thai script)
- ག་ར (Tibetan script)
- 𑒑𑒩 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨍𑨫 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Aryan *garHás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *garHás, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷorh₃-ó-s, from the root *gʷerh₃- (“to devour”). The Sanskrit root is गॄ (gṝ, “to devour”).
Pronunciation
Noun
गर • (gará) stem, m
- swallowing
- any drink or beverage
- a noxious or poisonous beverage
- a factitious poison, "an antidote"
- a kind of disease (perhaps one attended with difficulty of swallowing?); disease in general
Declension
References