ਘਰੁ

See also: ਘਰ

Old Punjabi

Etymology

    Etymology tree
    Proto-Indo-European *gʰerdʰ-der.
    Proto-Indo-Iranian *gʰr̥dʰás
    Sanskrit गृह (gṛha)
    Ashokan Prakrit *𑀕𑀭𑁆𑀳 (*garha)
    Prakrit 𑀖𑀭 (ghara)
    Old Punjabi ਘਰੁ (gharu)

    Inherited from Prakrit 𑀖𑀭 (ghara), from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀕𑀭𑁆𑀳 (*garha), from Sanskrit गृह (gṛhá). Cognate with Old Hindi घर (ghara), Old Gujarati घर (ghara), Old Marathi 𑘑𑘨 (ghara), Old Bengali ঘর (ghara).

    Noun

    ਘਰੁ (gharu) m

    1. house, home
    2. inner self, heart
      Guru Granth Sahib, Guru Nanak, translation by Sant Singh Khalsa, 1245:
      ਭੁਖੇ ਮੁਲਾਂ ਘਰੇ ਮਸੀਤਿ
      bhukhe mulāṃ ghare masīti
      The hungry Mullah turns his home into a mosque. (lit. The masjid [is] the home [of] hungry mullahs.)

    Descendants

    • Punjabi: ghar
      Gurmukhi script: ਘਰ
      Shahmukhi script: گَھر

    Further reading

    • Christopher Shackle (2011) “ਘਰੁ”, in A Gurū Nānak Glossary, 2nd edition, New Delhi: Heritage Publishers, →ISBN, page 104
    • “ਘਰੁ”, in Sri Guru Granth Sahib Dictionary, SriGranth.org, 2025
    • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “ghara”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 239
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