घास

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀖𑀸𑀲 (ghāsa), from Sanskrit घास (ghāsa), from the root घस् (ghas, “to eat, devour”).

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ɡʱɑːs/,

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घास • (ghās) f (Urdu spelling گھاس)

1. grass

   घोड़े खेत में घास चर रहे हैं।

   ghoṛe khet mẽ ghās car rahe ha͠i.

   Horses are grazing on grass in the field.

   तीक्ष्ण धूप ने घास जला दी।

   tīkṣṇa dhūp ne ghās jalā dī.

   The harsh sunlight scorched the grass.

2. fodder

   Synonym: चारा (cārā)

• Bahri, Hardev (1989) “घास”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa, Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.
• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “घास”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi : Nagari Pracarini Sabha
• Platts, John T. (1884) “घास”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “घास”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

From the root घस् (ghas, “to eat, consume”).^[1]

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɡʱɑː.sɐ́/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈɡʱɑː.s̪ɐ/

घास • (ghāsá) stem, m

1. food; meadow or pasture grass
   • c. 1200 BCE – 1000 BCE, Atharvaveda

• Dardic:
  • Kashmiri: گاسہٕ (gāsụ), गासॖ (gāsụ)
  • Kalasha: khas
  • Khowar: گاز (gaz)
• Magadhi Prakrit:
  • Bengali: গাস (gaś)
  • Early Assamese: ঘাঁস (gha̐so)
    • Assamese: ঘাঁহ (ghãh)
  • Odia: ଘାସ (ghāsa)
  • Sylheti: ꠊꠣ (gá)
• Paisachi Prakrit:
  • Punjabi: ਘਾਹ (ghāh) / گھاہ (ghāh)
  • Sindhi:

    Arabic script: گاهه (gāhu)

    Devanagari script: गाहु (gāhu)

• Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀖𑀸𑀲 (ghāsa)
  • Gujarati: ઘાસ (ghās)
  • Hindustani:

    Hindi: घास (ghās)

    Urdu: گھاس (ghās)

  • Romani: khas (“hay”)
  • Kholosi: xāz
• Nepali: घाँस (ghā̃s)
• → Newar: घाँय् (ghæ̃)

• Monier Williams (1899) “घास”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 377/1.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “ghāsá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press