गाभारा

Ahirani

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀕𑀩𑁆𑀪𑀳𑀭 (gabbhahara) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-), from Sanskrit गर्भगृह (garbhagṛha). Cognate with Marathi गाभारा (gābhārā), Gujarati ગભાર (gabhār), ગભારો (gabhāro).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: गा‧भा‧रा

Noun

गाभारा (gābhārā) m

1. (Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism) garbhagriha (the innermost sanctum of a temple)

Further reading

• डॉ॰ रमेश सीताराम सूर्यवंशी [Dr Ramesh Sitaram Suryawanshi] (1997) “गाभारा”, in आहिराणी शब्दकोश (आहिराणी - मराठी) [Ahirani Dictionary (Ahirani - Marathi)]‎^[1] (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: अक्षय प्रकाशन [Akshaya Prakashan], →ISBN, page १२६, column 2; republished कन्नड तालुका, औरंगाबाद जिल्हा [Kannad Taluka, Aurangabad District]: अभ्यासिका प्रकाशन [Abhyasika Prakashan], 2013.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*garbhaghara”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 217

Marathi

Etymology

Inherited from Old Marathi 𑘐𑘰𑘥𑘰𑘨𑘰 (gābhārā), from Prakrit 𑀕𑀩𑁆𑀪𑀳𑀭 (gabbhahara) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-), from Sanskrit गर्भगृह (garbhagṛha). Cognate with Ahirani गाभारा (gābhārā), Gujarati ગભાર (gabhār), ગભારો (gabhāro).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡa.bʱa.ɾa/
• Hyphenation: गा‧भा‧रा

Noun

गाभारा • (gābhārā) m

1. (Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism) garbhagriha (the innermost sanctum of a temple)

Further reading

• Berntsen, Maxine, “गाभारा”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983, page 36.
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “गाभार, गाभारा”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press, page 233
• दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “गाभार-रा”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ), page 979.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*garbhaghara”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 217