ghora

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Old Javanese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit घोर (ghora, “terrific, frightful, terrible, dreadful, violent, vehement; venerable, awful, sublime”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

ghora

  1. terrific, frightful, terrible, dreadful, violent, vehement

Derived terms

Descendants

  • > Javanese: ꦒꦺꦴꦫ (gora) (inherited)

Further reading

  • "ghora" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

Pali

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Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit घोर (ghorá).

Adjective

ghora

  1. frightful
    • c. 50 BC, Petavatthu; republished in Prof. Minayeff, Petavatthu, London: Pali Text Society, 1888, page 6:
      8. Sapathañ ca maṃ kāresi paribhāsāpayi ca maṃ
      sāhaṃ ɡhorañ ca sapathaṃ musāvādaṃ abhāsissaṃ.
      8. She both made me swear an oath and had me reviled. And I myself told a lie under that terrible oath.

Declension

Declension table of "ghora" (masculine)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)ghoroghorā
Accusative (second)ghoraṃghore
Instrumental (third)ghorenaghorehi or ghorebhi
Dative (fourth)ghorassa or ghorāya or ghoratthaṃghorānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)ghorasmā or ghoramhā or ghorāghorehi or ghorebhi
Genitive (sixth)ghorassaghorānaṃ
Locative (seventh)ghorasmiṃ or ghoramhi or ghoreghoresu
Vocative (calling)ghoraghorā
Declension table of "ghora" (neuter)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)ghoraṃghorāni
Accusative (second)ghoraṃghorāni
Instrumental (third)ghorenaghorehi or ghorebhi
Dative (fourth)ghorassa or ghorāya or ghoratthaṃghorānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)ghorasmā or ghoramhā or ghorāghorehi or ghorebhi
Genitive (sixth)ghorassaghorānaṃ
Locative (seventh)ghorasmiṃ or ghoramhi or ghoreghoresu
Vocative (calling)ghoraghorāni
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