गरुड

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit गरुड (garuḍa).

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /ɡə.ɾʊɖ/, [ɡɐ.ɾʊɖ]

Proper noun

गरुड • (garuḍm (Urdu spelling گرڈ)

  1. alternative form of गरुड़ (garuṛ)

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

Unclear, possibly from गॄ (gṝ, to devour, root).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

गरुड • (garuḍá) stemm

  1. (Hinduism) garuda (a large mythical bird or bird-like creature that appears in both Hindu and Buddhist mythology)

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of गरुड
singular
nominative गरुडस् (garuḍás)
accusative गरुडम् (garuḍám)
instrumental गरुडेन (garuḍéna)
dative गरुडाय (garuḍā́ya)
ablative गरुडात् (garuḍā́t)
genitive गरुडस्य (garuḍásya)
locative गरुडे (garuḍé)
vocative गरुड (gáruḍa)

Descendants

References

  • Monier Williams (1899) “गरुड”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 348, column 3.
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 471