گھر

See also: کهر

Gujarati

Noun

گھر • (ghar) n (Lisan ud-Dawat)

1. Arabic spelling of ઘર (ghar)

Pahari-Potwari

Etymology

Inherited from Old Punjabi ਘਰੁ (gharu), from Prakrit 𑀖𑀭 (ghara), from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀕𑀭𑁆𑀳 (*garha), from a metathesized form of Sanskrit गृह (gṛhá), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *gʰr̥dʰás (“house”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰr̥dʰ-ó-s, from *gʰerdʰ- (“enclosure”).

Noun

گھر (ghar)

1. house

Declension

Declension of گھر

	singular	plural
direct	گَھر (ghar)	گَھر (ghar)
oblique	گَھرَے (gharai)	گَھراں (gharāṉ)
vocative	گَھرا (gharā)	گَھرو (gharo)
ablative	گَھرُوں (gharūṉ)	-
locative	گَھرے (ghare)	گَھرِیں (gharīṉ)
instrumental	گَھرے (ghare)	گَھرِیں (gharīṉ)

Punjabi

گھر دا نموݨہ

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *gʰerdʰ-der.

Proto-Indo-Iranian *gʰr̥dʰás

Sanskrit गृह (gṛha)

Proto-Middle Indo-Aryan *𑀕𑀭𑁆𑀳 (*garha)

Prakrit 𑀖𑀭 (ghara)

Old Punjabi ਘਰੁ (gharu)

Punjabi گَھر

Inherited from Old Punjabi ਘਰੁ (gharu), from Prakrit 𑀖𑀭 (ghara), from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀕𑀭𑁆𑀳 (*garha), from a metathesized form of Sanskrit गृह (gṛhá), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *gʰr̥dʰás (“house”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰr̥dʰ-ó-s, from *gʰerdʰ- (“enclosure”).

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˨ɾᵊ/, [kɐ˥˩ɾə̆]
• (Pakistan) Phonetic: kā̀ră IPA^(key): [käː˥˩ɾə̆] (singular)

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• Rhymes: -əɾ˩, -äːɾ˩

Noun

گَھر • (ghar) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਘਰ)

1. house, home

   Synonyms: مَکاݨ (makāṇ, “house; building”), (hut, modest home) کُلّا (kullā)

   • 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; family

   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 through 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”)

   ڈاک گَھر ― ḍāk ghar ― post office (literally, “post house”)

5. (in certain board games) home, set (each of the distinct squares)

Declension

Declension of گھر

	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	گَھروں (gharoṉ)	–

Derived terms

• گَھر بار (ghar bār, “lifestyle; relationship”)
• گَھر سَجَّݨ (ghar sajjaṇ)
• گَھر پَٹُّو (ghar paṭṭū, “homewrecker”)
• گَھر کَرَن (ghar karan)
• گَھر گولا (ghar golā)
• گَھر گھاٹ (ghar ghāṭ)
• گَھردار (“householder; worldly person”)
• گَھرداری (“related to familial”)
• گَھریلُو (gharelū, “domestic; household”)

Further reading

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002), “گھر”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat (in Punjabi), Lahore: عزیز پبلشرز [ʻazīz pabliśarz]
• Bashir, Kanwal (2012), “گھر”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Hyattsville, MD: Dunwoody Press
• “ਘਰ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2026

Urdu

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *gʰerdʰ-der.

Proto-Indo-Iranian *gʰr̥dʰás

Sanskrit गृह (gṛha)

Proto-Middle Indo-Aryan *𑀕𑀭𑁆𑀳 (*garha)

Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀖𑀭 (ghara)

Urdu گھر

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀖𑀭 (ghara, a metathesized form of Sanskrit गृह (gṛha)), from Proto-Middle Indo-Aryan *𑀕𑀭𑁆𑀳 (*garha), from Sanskrit गृह (gṛha), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *gʰr̥dʰás, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰerdʰ-.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɡʱəɾ/
• (Punjabic Urdu) IPA^(key): [ɡɐɾ]
• 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 (gharõ)
vocative	گَھر (ghar)	گَھرو (gharo)

Further reading

• “گھر”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “گھر”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2026.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “گھر”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.