गबरू
Hindi
Alternative forms
- गभरू (gabhrū)
Etymology
Inherited from Sanskrit गर्भरूप (garbharūpa, “a young person”). Cognate with Assamese গাভৰু (gabhoru), Bengali গাভুর (gabhur), Punjabi ਗੱਭਰੂ (gabbharū).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /ɡəb.ɾuː/, [ɡɐb.ɾuː]
Adjective
गबरू • (gabrū) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling گَبْرُو)
Noun
गबरू • (gabrū) m (Urdu spelling گَبْرُو)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | गबरू gabrū |
गबरू gabrū |
| oblique | गबरू gabrū |
गबरुओं gabruõ |
| vocative | गबरू gabrū |
गबरुओ gabruo |
References
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “गबरू”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 255
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “gab(h)rū”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 217
- Platts, John T. (1884) “गबरू”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 895
- Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “गबरू”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha