ઘર

Gujarati

Alternative forms

گھر (ghar) — Lisan ud-Dawat

Etymology

Inherited from Old Gujarati घर (ghara), from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀖𑀭 (ghara), from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀕𑀭𑁆𑀳 (*garha), vriddhi of Sanskrit गृह (gṛha), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *gʰr̥dʰás, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰr̥dʰós, from *gʰerdʰ- (“to enclose”). Doublet of ગૃહ (gŕh) and ઘરું (gharũ). Cognate with Hindustani گھر / घर (ghar), Marathi, Marwari, and Nepali घर (ghar), Punjabi گھر / ਘਰ (ghar).

Pronunciation

(Standard Gujarati) IPA^(key): /ˈɡʱəɾ/
Rhymes: -əɾ

Noun

ઘર • (ghar) n

house, home, dwelling, residence
Synonyms: ગૃહ (gŕh), મકાન (makān), આવાસ (āvās), ખાનું (khānũ), કાશાના (kāśānā), રહેઠાણ (raheṭhāṇ), ઠેકાણું (ṭhekāṇũ)
office
Synonyms: કચેરી (kacerī), કાર્યાલય (kāryālya), ઓફિસ (ophis)
flat, apartment
(by extension) household
(figuratively) homeland, country, birthplace
(astrology) house
(chess) square
(chess) house

Declension

Declension of ઘર
	singular	plural
nominative	ઘર (ghar)	ઘરો (gharo)
oblique	ઘર (ghar)	ઘરો (gharo)
vocative	ઘર (ghar)	ઘરો (gharo)
instrumental	ઘરે (ghare)	ઘરોએ (gharoe)
locative	ઘરે (ghare)	ઘરોએ (gharoe)

Derived terms

ઘર બેસવું (ghar besvũ)
ઘરકાજ (gharkāj)
ઘરકૂકડી (gharkūkḍī)
ઘરફોડુ (gharphoḍu)
ઘરવાળી (gharvāḷī)

Vaghri

Etymology

Ultimately from Sanskrit गृह (gṛha).

Noun

ઘર (ghar) m

house, abode, dwelling
family

Declension

Declension of ઘર
	singular	plural
nominative	ઘર (ghar)	ઘર (ghar), ઘરૂં (gharū̃)
oblique	ઘર (ghar)	ઘરેં (gharẽ)
vocative	ઘર (ghar)	ઘર (ghar), ઘરૂં (gharū̃)
instrumental	ઘરે (ghare)	ઘરે (ghare), ઘરૂંએ (gharū̃e)
locative	ઘરે (ghare)	ઘરે (ghare), ઘરૂંએ (gharū̃e)