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Bengali
Etymology Inherited from Magadhi Prakrit 𑀖𑀭 ( ghara ) , metathesized from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀕𑀭𑁆𑀳 ( *garha ) , from Sanskrit गृह ( gṛha ) , from Proto-Indo-Iranian *gʰr̥dʰás Proto-Indo-European *gʰr̥dʰ-ó-s ( “ enclosure ” ) , from *gʰerdʰ- ( “ to enclose ” ) .
Pronunciation
Noun ঘর • (ghor )
a house , building , residence
Synonyms: বাড়ি ( baṛi ) , মকান ( mokan )
a home , dwelling
Synonym: গৃহ ( griho ) 1918 Rabindranath Tagore , “ভেঙে মোর ঘরের চাবি ( bheṅe mōr ghorer cabi ) ”:ভেঙে মোর ঘরের চাবি নিয়ে যাবি কে আমারে / ও বন্ধু আমার ! / না পেয়ে তোমার দেখা, একা একা দিন যে আমার কাটে না রে ॥ Who is going to take me after breaking ope the lock of my home ? / Oh friend mine! / Not being able to see you, my day barely passes by myself.
a room , chamber
Synonyms: কোঠা ( kōṭha ) , কামরা ( kamra )
family
Synonyms: পরিবার ( poribar ) , সংসার ( śoṅśar )
Inflection
Inflection of ঘর
nominative
ঘর ghor
objective
ঘর / ঘরকে ghor ( semantically general or indefinite ) / ghorke ( semantically definite )
genitive
ঘরের ghorer
locative
ঘরে ghore
Indefinite forms
nominative
ঘর ghor
objective
ঘর / ঘরকে ghor ( semantically general or indefinite ) / ghorke ( semantically definite )
genitive
ঘরের ghorer
locative
ঘরে ghore
Definite forms
singular
plural
nominative
ঘরটা , ঘরটি ghorṭa ( colloquial ) , ghorṭi ( formal )
ঘরগুলা, ঘরগুলো ghorgula ( colloquial ) , ghorgulo ( formal )
objective
ঘরটা, ঘরটি ghorṭa ( colloquial ) , ghorṭi ( formal )
ঘরগুলা, ঘরগুলো ghorgula ( colloquial ) , ghorgulo ( formal )
genitive
ঘরটার, ঘরটির ghorṭar ( colloquial ) , ghorṭir ( formal )
ঘরগুলার, ঘরগুলোর ghorgular ( colloquial ) , ghorgulor ( formal )
locative
ঘরটাতে / ঘরটায়, ঘরটিতে ghorṭate / ghorṭay ( colloquial ) , ghorṭite ( formal )
ঘরগুলাতে / ঘরগুলায়, ঘরগুলোতে ghorgulate / ghorgulay ( colloquial ) , ghorgulote ( formal )
Objective Note : In some dialects -রে ( -re ) marks this case instead of -কে ( -ke ) .
Middle Bengali
Etymology Inherited from Old Bengali ঘর ( ghara ) , from Prakrit 𑀖𑀭 ( ghara ) , from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀕𑀭𑁆𑀳 ( *garha ) , from Sanskrit गृह ( gṛhá ) , from Proto-Indo-Iranian *gʰr̥dʰás
Pronunciation
Noun ঘর (ghor )
a house
c. 18th c. Śivasaṅkīrttana :ঠেকাঠেকি হয় হাঁরি করিবারে ঘর । ṭhekāṭheki hay hā̃ri karibāre ghara. In running a household earthen cooking pots do clash.
a room
a dwelling
family
Descendants
Further reading Sen, Sukumar (1971 ) An Etymological Dictionary of Bengali: c. 1000-1800 A.D. 245
Old Bengali
Etymology Inherited from Prakrit 𑀖𑀭 ( ghara ) , from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀕𑀭𑁆𑀳 ( *garha ) , from Sanskrit गृह ( gṛhá ) , from Proto-Indo-Iranian *gʰr̥dʰás
Pronunciation
Noun ঘর (ghara )
home
a. 12th c. CE , Caryā 33টালত মোর ঘর নাহি পড়বেষী । ṭāla-ta mora ghara nāhi paṛiēśī . On the high stead (?) is my home , there is no neighbour.
Descendants Middle Bengali: ঘর ( ghor )
Chakma: 𑄊𑄧𑄢𑄴 ( ghar )
Rohingya: gór
Sylheti: ꠊꠞ ( gór )
Further reading Chatterji, Suniti Kumar (1926 ) The Origin and Development of the Bengali Language 262
Pali
Alternative scripts
ghara ( Latin script ) 𑀖𑀭 ( Brahmi script ) घर ( Devanagari script ) ඝර ( Sinhalese script ) ဃရ ꧠရ ( Burmese script ) ฆร ฆะระ ( Thai script ) ᨥᩁ ( Tai Tham script ) ຆຣ ຆະຣະ ( Lao script ) ឃរ ( Khmer script ) 𑄊𑄢 ( Chakma script )
Noun ঘর n
Bengali script form ofghara ( “ house ” )
Declension Declension table of "ঘর" (neuter)
Case \ Number Singular Plural Nominative (first) ঘরং ( gharaṃ ) ঘরানি ( gharāni ) Accusative (second) ঘরং ( gharaṃ ) ঘরানি ( gharāni ) Instrumental (third) ঘরেন ( gharena ) ঘরেহি ( gharehi ) or ঘরেভি ( gharebhi ) Dative (fourth) ঘরস্স ( gharassa ) or ঘরায ( gharāya ) or ঘরত্থং ( gharatthaṃ ) ঘরানং ( gharānaṃ ) Ablative (fifth) ঘরস্মা ( gharasmā ) or ঘরম্হা ( gharamhā ) or ঘরা ( gharā ) or ঘরতো ( gharato ) ঘরেহি ( gharehi ) or ঘরেভি ( gharebhi ) Genitive (sixth) ঘরস্স ( gharassa ) ঘরানং ( gharānaṃ ) Locative (seventh) ঘরস্মিং ( gharasmiṃ ) or ঘরম্হি ( gharamhi ) or ঘরে ( ghare ) ঘরেসু ( gharesu ) Vocative (calling) ঘর ( ghara ) ঘরানি ( gharāni )