گھر
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گھر دا نموݨہ
See also: کهر
Gujarati
Noun
گھر • (ghar) n (Lisan ud-Dawat)
- Arabic spelling of ઘર (ghar)
Punjabi
Etymology
Etymology tree
Inherited from Prakrit 𑀖𑀭 (ghara), from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀕𑀭𑁆𑀳 (*garha), from a metathesized form of Sanskrit गृह (gṛhá),[1] from Proto-Indo-Iranian *gʰr̥dʰás (“house”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰr̥dʰ-ó-s, from *gʰerdʰ- (“enclosure”). Compare Northern Hindko کَہار (kahār). Far cognate with Persian کرت (kart) and English garth / yard, Scottish Gaelic gàrradh (“garden; wall”) and Irish garraí (“garden; small enclosure; halo”), among others. Doublet of گَڑھ (gaṛh).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Punjabi) Phonetic: kàră IPA(key): /kə˨ɾə̆/
- (Pakistan) Phonetic: kā̀ră IPA(key): (singular)
- Rhymes: -ə˨ɾ, -äː˨ɾ
Noun
گَھر • (ghar) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਘਰ)
- house, home
- 2006, غلام حسین ساجد [G̲h̲ulām Ḥusain Sājid], نیندر بھنی رات [Nīndar bhinnī rāt], Lahore: سانجھ [Sānjh], →ISBN, page 69:
- تے اوہ کِسے وی قیمت تے کِسے نوں اپنے گھر واڑن لئی راضی نہیں سی ہُوئی۔
- te oh kise vī qīmat te kise nūṉ apṇe ghar vāṛaṇ la'ī rāẓī nahīṉ sī hū'ī.
- And she wasn't prepared to let anyone inside her house, at any cost.
- (by extension) household; family
- 2000, راوی [rāvī], volume 87, Lahore: Government College, →OCLC:
- جے غریب ماں پے بالاں دی وجہ توں گھر دی آمدن ودھا لیندے نیں تے ایہدے وچ حرج ای کیہ اے۔
- je ġarīb māṉ pe bālāṉ dī vajah toṉ ghar dī āmadan vadhā lainde neṉ te aehde vicc ḥaraj ī kīh ae.
- What bother is it if poor parents decide to increase the household income through their children.
- (figuratively) homeland, country, birthplace
- (in compounds) building, place
- Synonyms: خانَہ (xānah), گَھرا (gharā)
- گَھنٹا گَھر ― ghanṭā ghar ― clock tower (literally, “clock house”)
Declension
| Declension of گھر | ||
|---|---|---|
| dir. sg. | گَھر (ghar) | |
| dir. pl. | گَھر (ghar) | |
| singular | plural | |
| direct | گَھر (ghar) | گَھر (ghar) |
| oblique | گَھر (ghar) | گَھراں (gharāṉ) |
| vocative | گَھرا (gharā) | گَھرو (gharo) |
| ablative | گَھروں (gharoṉ) | گَھراں (gharāṉ) |
| locative | گَھرے (ghare) | گَھرِیں (gharīṉ) |
| instrumental | گَھروں (gharoṉ) | – |
Derived terms
- گَھر بار (ghar bār)
- گَھر بالَݨ (ghar bālaṇ)
- گَھر سَجَّݨ (ghar sajjaṇ)
- گَھر پَٹُّو (ghar paṭṭū, “homewrecker”)
- گَھر کَرَن (ghar karan)
- گَھر گولا (ghar golā)
- گَھر گھاٹ (ghar ghāṭ)
- گَھردار (“householder; worldly person”)
- گَھرداری
- گَھریلُو (gharelū, “domestic; household”)
References
- ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “ghara”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 239
Further reading
- Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “گھر”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
- Bashir, Kanwal (2012) “گھر”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Hyattsville, MD: Dunwoody Press
- “ਘਰ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
Urdu
Etymology
Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀖𑀭 (ghara), from a metathesized form of Sanskrit गृह (gṛha).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /ɡʱəɾ/
- (Punjabic Urdu) IPA(key):
- Rhymes: -əɾ
Noun
گَھر • (ghar) m (Hindi spelling घर)
Declension
| Declension of گھر | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |||||||
| direct | گَھر (ghar) | گَھر (ghar) | ||||||
| oblique | گَھر (ghar) | گَھروں (gharõ) | ||||||
| vocative | گَھر (ghar) | گَھرو (gharo) | ||||||
Further reading
- “گھر”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “گھر”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “گھر”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.