होरा

See also: हौरा

Mewari

Etymology

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Noun

होरा (horā) m

1. father-in-law

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• হোৰা (Assamese script)
• ᬳᭀᬭᬵ (Balinese script)
• হোরা (Bengali script)
• 𑰮𑰺𑰨𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀳𑁄𑀭𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• ဟောရာ (Burmese script)
• હોરા (Gujarati script)
• ਹੋਰਾ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌹𑍋𑌰𑌾 (Grantha script)
• ꦲꦺꦴꦫꦴ (Javanese script)
• 𑂯𑂷𑂩𑂰 (Kaithi script)
• ಹೋರಾ (Kannada script)
• ហោរា (Khmer script)
• ໂຫຣາ (Lao script)
• ഹോരാ (Malayalam script)
• ᡥᠣᡵᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
• 𑘮𑘻𑘨𑘰 (Modi script)
• ᠾᠣᠸᠠᠷᠠ᠋᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧎𑧜𑧈𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐴𑑀𑐬𑐵 (Newa script)
• ହୋରା (Odia script)
• ꢲꣂꢬꢵ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆲𑆾𑆫𑆳 (Sharada script)
• 𑖮𑖺𑖨𑖯 (Siddham script)
• හොරා (Sinhalese script)
• 𑪂𑩕𑩼𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚩𑚴𑚤𑚭 (Takri script)
• ஹோரா (Tamil script)
• హోరా (Telugu script)
• โหรา (Thai script)
• ཧོ་རཱ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒯𑒼𑒩𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨱𑨆𑨫𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὥρα (hṓra); see there for more.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈɦoː.ɾɑː/

Noun

होरा • (horā) stem, f

1. the rising of a zodiac sign
2. a part of the duration of a zodiac sign
3. an hour
4. a mark, line
5. an astrological work; astrology; horoscopy

Derived terms

• होराफल (horāphala)

Descendants

• Pali: horā
  • → Burmese: ဟူးရား (hu:ra:) (learned)
  • → Lao: ໂຫຣະ (ro) (learned)
  • → Mon: ဟောရာ (learned)
  • → Old Khmer: [script needed] (hor, hora) (learned)
    • Middle Khmer:
      • Khmer: ហោរ (hao)
    • → Lao: ໂຫນ (nō)
    • → Thai: โหร (hǒon)
  • → Shan: ႁူးရႃး (húu ráa) (learned)
• → Assamese: হোৰা (hüra) (learned)
• → Bengali: হোরা (hōra) (learned)
• → English: hora (learned)
• → Hindustani: (learned)
  • Hindi: होरा (horā)
  • Urdu: ہورا (horā)
• → Marathi: होरा (horā) (learned)
• → Middle Chinese: 火羅 (MC xwaX la) (learned)
• → Nepali: होरा (horā) (learned)
• → Odia: ହୋରା (hora) (learned)
• → Sinhalese: හෝරා (hōrā) (learned)
• → Tamil: ஓரை (ōrai) (learned)
• → Telugu: హోర (hōra) (learned)

Further reading

• Monier Williams (1899) “होरा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1178.