گاڑی

گاڑی (gāṛī)

1. car, vehicle

From Urdu گاڑی (gāṛī).

گاڑی (gāṛī)

1. car, automobile, vehicle

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀕𑀟𑁆𑀟 (gaḍḍa), 𑀕𑀟𑁆𑀟𑀻 (gaḍḍī), from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀕𑀸𑀟𑁆𑀟- (*gāḍḍa-). Cognate with Punjabi گَڈِّی (gaḍḍī).

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɡɑː.ɽiː/
• Rhymes: -iː

گاڑی • (gāṛī) f (Hindi spelling गाड़ी)

1. car
2. carriage, wagon, cart
3. any four-wheeled motor vehicle (bus, truck)
4. any railed vehicle (train, tram)

• گھوڑا گاڑی (ghoṛā gāṛī, “horse-cart, horse-drawn wagon or chariot”)
• ریل گاڑی (rel gāṛī, “railcar”)

• → Gulf Arabic: قاري (gāri)
• → English: gharry
• → Pashto: ګاډی
• → Persian: گاری (gâri)
• → Swahili: gari
  • → Chichewa: galimoto
  • → Kamba: ngali
  • → Kikuyu: ngari
  • → Maore Comorian: gari
  • → Meru: ngari

• “گاڑی”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “گاڑی”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
• Platts, John T. (1884) “گاڑی”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 892

From Urdu گاڑی (gāṛī).

گاڑی (gāṛī)

1. car, automobile, vehicle