गहर

See also: गहरा, गहिरौ, गह्रौं, and गाह्रो

Old Hindi

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀕𑀳𑀻𑀭 (gahīra), from Sanskrit गभीर (gabhīrá). Compare Old Punjabi ਗਹਿਰੁ (gahiru), Old Marathi 𑘐𑘮𑘲𑘨 (gahīra).

Adjective

गहर (gahara)

1. dark

Descendants

• Braj: गहिरौ (gahirau)
• Hindustani: gahrā

  Hindi: गहरा

  Urdu: گَہْرَا (gahrā)

Further reading

• Jaroslav Strnad (2013) Morphology and Syntax of Old Hindī : Edition and Analysis of One Hundred Kabīr Vānī Poems From Rājasthān (Brill's Indological Library; 45), Leiden, →OCLC, page 529
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “gabhīrá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 215