गाड़ी

Hindi

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀕𑀟𑁆𑀟 (gaḍḍa), 𑀕𑀟𑁆𑀟𑀻 (gaḍḍī), from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀕𑀸𑀟𑁆𑀟- (*gāḍḍa-), which Das derives from Sanskrit गान्त्री (gāntrī), the feminine variant of गन्तृ (gantṛ), a compound of गम् (gam, "to go, move") +‎ -तृ (-tṛ).

However, Turner disagrees, and draws comparisons to Sanskrit गर्त (garta, “hole”) and/or Latin cathedra (“armchair”).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /ɡɑː.ɽiː/, [ɡäː.ɽiː]
• Rhymes: -ɑː.ɽiː

Noun

गाड़ी • (gāṛī) f (Urdu spelling گاڑی)

1. car, truck, bus
   • 1983, “Mama Miya Pom Pom”, in Indeevar (lyrics), Bappi Lahiri (music), Justice Chaudhury‎^[1], performed by Asha Bhosle and Kishore Kumar:

     प्यार की गाड़ी, डेट चलाओ!

     pyār kī gāṛī, ḍeṭ calāo!

     Let's go on a date with the car of love!

2. carriage
3. cart
4. train
5. rail car

Declension

Declension of गाड़ी (fem ī-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	गाड़ी gāṛī	गाड़ियाँ gāṛiyā̃
oblique	गाड़ी gāṛī	गाड़ियों gāṛiyõ
vocative	गाड़ी gāṛī	गाड़ियो gāṛiyo

Hypernyms

• Hypernyms: यान (yān), वाहन (vāhan)

Descendants

• → Dhivehi: ގާޑިޔާ (gāḍiyā)
• → English: gharry
• → Gulf Arabic: قاري (gāri, “bicycle”), گاري
  • → Swahili: gari
    • → Chichewa: galimoto
    • → Kamba: ngali
    • → Kikuyu: ngari
    • → Maore Comorian: gari
    • → Meru: ngari
• → Kannada: ಗಾಡಿ (gāḍi)
• → Pashto: ګاډی (gāḍay)
• → Persian: گاری (gâri)

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “गाड़ी”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Platts, John T. (1884) “गाड़ी”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 892
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “gāḍḍa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press