ঘর

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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, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰr̥dʰ-ó-s (enclosure), from *gʰerdʰ- (to enclose).

Pronunciation

Noun

ঘর (ghor)

  1. a house, building, residence
    Synonyms: বাড়ি (baṛi), মকান (mokan)
  2. 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 ॥
      bheṅe mōr ghorer cabi niẏe jabi ke amare / ō bondhu amar ! / na peẏe tōmar dekha, eka eka din je amar kaṭe na re ॥
      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.
  3. a room, chamber
    Synonyms: কোঠা (kōṭha), কামরা (kamra)
  4. 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).

Related terms

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)

  1. a house
    • c. 18th c., Rāmeśvar, Śivasaṅkīrttana:
      ঠেকাঠেকি হয় হাঁরি করিবারে ঘর
      ṭhekāṭheki hay hā̃ri karibāre ghara.
      In running a household earthen cooking pots do clash.
  2. a room
  3. a dwelling
  4. family

Descendants

  • Bengali: ঘর (ghor)

Further reading

  • Sen, Sukumar (1971) An Etymological Dictionary of Bengali: c. 1000-1800 A.D., volume 1, Calcutta: Eastern Publishers, page 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)

  1. home
    • a. 12th c. CE, Caryā 33:
      টালত মোর ঘর   নাহি পড়বেষী ।
      ṭāla-ta mora ghara   nāhi paṛiēśī .
      On the high stead (?) is my home, there is no neighbour.

Descendants

Further reading

  • Chatterji, Suniti Kumar (1926) The Origin and Development of the Bengali Language, volume 1, Calcutta: Calcutta University Press, page 262

Pali

Alternative forms

Noun

ঘর n

  1. Bengali script form of ghara (house)

Declension