गर्द

Hindi

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /ɡəɾd̪/,

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Classical Persian گرد (gard).

Noun

गर्द • (gard) f (Urdu spelling گرد)

1. dust

   Synonyms: धूल (dhūl), ख़ाक (xāk)

Declension

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Classical Persian گرد (gird).

Adjective

गर्द • (gard) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling گرد)

1. circling, encircling, wandering
   • 1797 – 1869, Ghalib 18.3:

     माना-ए वहशत-ख़िरामीहा-ए लैला कौन है
     ख़ाना-ए मजनून-ए सहरा-गर्द बे-दरवाज़ा था

     mānā-e vahśat-xirāmīhā-e lailā kaun hai
     xānā-e majnūn-e sahrā-gard be-darvāzā thā

     who is a forbidder of the mad-walkings of Laila?
     the house of Majnun the desert-circler was door-less

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɡɐ́ɾ.dɐ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɐɾ.d̪ɐ/

Adjective

गर्द • (gárda) stem

1. crying (?)
2. hungry

Declension

References

• Apte, Macdonell (2022) “गर्द”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Sanskrit Dictionaries]
• Monier Williams (1899) “गर्द”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 349, column 2.