گھر

See also: کهر‎

Gujarati

Etymology

Inherited from Old Gujarati घर (ghara), from Sanskrit गृह (gṛha).

Noun

گھر • (ghar) m (Standard Gujarati ઘર) (Lisan ud-Dawat)

1. house, home

Punjabi

گھر دا نموݨہ

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀖𑀭 (ghara), from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀕𑀭𑁆𑀳 (*garha), from a metathesized form of Sanskrit गृह (gṛhá). Compare Northern Hindko کَہار‎ (kahār). Far cognate with Persian کرت‎ (kart) and English garth / yard, Scottish Gaelic gàrradh (“garden; wall”) and Irish garraí (“garden; small enclosure; halo”), among others. Doublet of گَڑھ‎ (gaṛh).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Punjabi) Phonetic: kàră IPA^(key): /kə˨ɾə̆/
  • Homophone: کَر‎ (kar) (level tone)
• (Pakistan) Phonetic: kā̀ră IPA^(key): /käː˨ɾə̆/ (singular)

  • Audio (PK)

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  • Homophone: کار‎ (kār) (level tone)
• Rhymes: -ə˨ɾ, -äː˨ɾ

Noun

گَھر • (ghar) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਘਰ)

1. house, home

   Synonym: مَکاݨ‎ (makāṇ, “house; building”)

   • 2006, غلام حسین ساجد – G̲h̲ulām Ḥusain Sājid, نیندر بھنی رات – Nīndar bhinnī rāt, Lahore: سانجھ – Sānjh, →ISBN, page 69:

     ‏تے اوہ کِسے وی قیمت تے کِسے نوں اپنے گھر واڑن لئی راضی نہیں سی ہُوئی۔‎‎

     te oh kise vī qīmat te kise nūṉ apṇe ghar vāṛaṇ la'ī rāẓī nahīṉ sī hū'ī.

     And she wasn't prepared to let anyone inside her house, at any cost.

2. (by extension) household

   Synonyms: خاندان‎ (xāndān), گَھرانا‎ (gharānā)

   • 2000, راوی – rāvī, volume 87, Lahore: Government College, →OCLC:

     ‏جے غریب ماں پے بالاں دی وجہ توں گھر دی آمدن ودھا لیندے نیں تے ایہدے وچ حرج ای کیہ اے۔‎‎

     je ġarīb māṉ pe bālāṉ dī vajah toṉ ghar dī āmadan vadhā lainde neṉ te aehde vicc ḥaraj ī kīh ae.

     What bother is it if [some] poor parents decide to increase the household income because of their children.

3. (figuratively) homeland, country, birthplace

   Synonyms: دیس‎ (des), وَطَن‎ (vat̤an)

4. (in compounds) building, place

   Synonyms: خانَہ‎ (xānah), گَھرا‎ (gharā)

   ‏گَھنٹا گَھر‎‎ ― ghanṭā ghar ― clock tower (literally, “clock house”)

Declension

Declension of گھر
dir. sg.	گَھر‎ (ghar)
dir. pl.	گَھر‎ (ghar)
	singular	plural
direct	گَھر‎ (ghar)	گَھر‎ (ghar)
oblique	گَھر‎ (ghar)	گَھراں‎ (gharāṉ)
vocative	گَھرا‎ (gharā)	گَھرو‎ (gharo)
ablative	گَھروں‎ (gharoṉ)	—
locative	گَھرے‎ (ghare)	گَھرِیں‎ (gharīṉ)
instrumental	گَھرے‎ (ghare)	گَھرِیں‎ (gharīṉ)

Derived terms

Derived terms

• گَھریلُو‎ (gharelū, “domestic; household”)
• گَھر بار‎ (ghar bār)
• گَھر بالَݨ‎ (ghar bālaṇ)
• گَھر پَٹُّو‎ (ghar paṭṭū, “homewrecker”)
• گَھردار‎ (ghardār, “householder; worldly person”)
• گَھرداری‎ (ghardārī)
• گَھر سَجَّݨ‎ (ghar sajjaṇ)
• گَھر کَرَن‎ (ghar karan)
• گَھر گولا‎ (ghar golā)
• گَھر گھاٹ‎ (ghar ghāṭ)

Further reading

• “گھر‎”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2023
• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002), “گھر‎”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “ghara”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 239

Urdu

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀖𑀭 (ghara), from a metathesized form of Sanskrit गृह (gṛha).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɡʱəɾ/
• Rhymes: -əɾ

Noun

گَھر • (ghar) m (Hindi spelling घर)

1. (chiefly) house, home

   Synonym: مکان‎ (makān)

2. place, abode

Declension

Declension of گھر
	singular	plural
direct	گَھر‎ (ghar)	گَھر‎ (ghar)
oblique	گَھر‎ (ghar)	گَھروں‎ (gharō̃)
vocative	گَھر‎ (ghar)	گَھرو‎ (gharō)

References

• “گھر”, in اُردُو لُغَت (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “گھر”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English] (in English), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.