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 Hindi) IPA^(key): /ɡəb.ɾuː/, [ɡɐb.ɾuː]

Adjective

गबरू • (gabrū) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling گَبْرُو)

1. childish
2. young, juvenile
3. youthful

Noun

गबरू • (gabrū) m (Urdu spelling گَبْرُو)

1. teenager
2. a young person
3. (Bihar) bridegroom

Declension

Declension of गबरू (masc ū-stem)

	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