गर

Hindi

Etymology

Apheretic form.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /ɡəɾ/, [ɡɐɾ]

Conjunction

गर • (gar) (Urdu spelling گر)

1. (poetic) synonym of अगर (agar, “if”)

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “गर”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

Nepali

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɡʌɾʌ]
• Phonetic Devanagari: गर

Verb

गर • (gara)

1. second-person mid respect singular imperative of गर्नु (garnu)

References

• Monier Williams (1899), “गर”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0348.

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• গৰ (Assamese script)
• ᬕᬭ (Balinese script)
• গর (Bengali script)
• 𑰐𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀕𑀭 (Brahmi script)
• ဂရ (Burmese script)
• ગર (Gujarati script)
• ਗਰ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌗𑌰 (Grantha script)
• ꦒꦫ (Javanese script)
• 𑂏𑂩 (Kaithi script)
• ಗರ (Kannada script)
• គរ (Khmer script)
• ຄຣ (Lao script)
• ഗര (Malayalam script)
• ᡤᠠᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘐𑘨 (Modi script)
• ᠺᠠᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦰𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐐𑐬 (Newa script)
• ଗର (Odia script)
• ꢔꢬ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆓𑆫 (Sharada script)
• 𑖐𑖨 (Siddham script)
• ගර (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩞𑩼 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚌𑚤 (Takri script)
• க³ர (Tamil script)
• గర (Telugu script)
• คร (Thai script)
• ག་ར (Tibetan script)
• 𑒑𑒩 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨍𑨫 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *garHás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *garHás, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷorh₃-ó-s, from the root *gʷerh₃- (“to devour”). The Sanskrit root is गॄ (gṝ, “to devour”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɡɐ.ɾɐ́/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɡɐ.ɾɐ/

Noun

ग॒र • (gará) stem, m

1. swallowing
2. any drink or beverage
3. a noxious or poisonous beverage
4. a factitious poison, "an antidote"
5. a kind of disease (perhaps one attended with difficulty of swallowing?); disease in general

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of ग॒र

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	ग॒रः (garáḥ)	ग॒रौ (garáu) ग॒रा¹ (garā́¹)	ग॒राः (garā́ḥ) ग॒रासः॑¹ (garā́saḥ¹)
accusative	ग॒रम् (garám)	ग॒रौ (garáu) ग॒रा¹ (garā́¹)	ग॒रान् (garā́n)
instrumental	ग॒रेण॑ (garéṇa)	ग॒राभ्या॑म् (garā́bhyām)	ग॒रैः (garáiḥ) ग॒रेभिः॑¹ (garébhiḥ¹)
dative	ग॒राय॑ (garā́ya)	ग॒राभ्या॑म् (garā́bhyām)	ग॒रेभ्यः॑ (garébhyaḥ)
ablative	ग॒रात् (garā́t)	ग॒राभ्या॑म् (garā́bhyām)	ग॒रेभ्यः॑ (garébhyaḥ)
genitive	ग॒रस्य॑ (garásya)	ग॒रयोः॑ (garáyoḥ)	ग॒राणा॑म् (garā́ṇām)
locative	ग॒रे (garé)	ग॒रयोः॑ (garáyoḥ)	ग॒रेषु॑ (garéṣu)
vocative	गर॑ (gára)	गरौ॑ (gárau) गरा॑¹ (gárā¹)	गराः॑ (gárāḥ) गरा॑सः¹ (gárāsaḥ¹)

• ¹Vedic

References

• Monier Williams (1899), “गर”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 348/2.