गाड़ी

Hindi

गाड़ी

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ger-der.?

Proto-Dravidiander.?

Sanskrit गर्त॑ (gárta)?

Proto-Middle Indo-Aryan *𑀕𑀸𑀟𑁆𑀟 (*gāḍḍa)

Prakrit 𑀕𑀟𑁆𑀟 (gaḍḍa)

Hindi गाड़ी

Inherited from Prakrit गड्ड (gaḍḍa) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀇𑀓𑀸- (-ikā-).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /ɡɑː.ɽiː/, [ɡäː.ɽiː]
• Rhymes: -ɑː.ɽiː

Noun

गाड़ी • (gāṛī) f (Urdu spelling گاڑی)

1. car, truck, bus
   • 1983, “Mama Miya Pom Pom”, in Indeevar (lyrics), Bappi Lahiri (music), Justice Chaudhury‎^[1], performed by Asha Bhosle and Kishore Kumar:

     प्यार की गाड़ी, डेट चलाओ!

     pyār kī gāṛī, ḍeṭ calāo!

     Let's go on a date with the car of love!

2. carriage
3. cart

   Synonym: ठेला (ṭhelā)

4. train, rail car

   Synonyms: रेलगाड़ी (relgāṛī), ट्रेन (ṭren)

5. vehicle

   Synonyms: वाहन (vāhan), यान (yān)

Declension

Declension of गाड़ी (fem ī-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	गाड़ी gāṛī	गाड़ियाँ gāṛiyā̃
oblique	गाड़ी gāṛī	गाड़ियों gāṛiyõ
vocative	गाड़ी gāṛī	गाड़ियो gāṛiyo

Hypernyms

• Hypernyms: यान (yān), वाहन (vāhan)

Derived terms

• पालकी गाड़ी (pālkī gāṛī)

Descendants

• → Dhivehi: ގާޑިޔާ (gāḍiyā)
• → English: gharry, garry, gharri, gharrie, garee
• → Gulf Arabic: قاري (gāri, “bicycle”), گاري
  • → Swahili: gari
    • → Chichewa: galimoto
    • → Kamba: ngali
    • → Kikuyu: ngari
    • → Luganda: eggaali
    • → Ma'di: gárĩ
    • → Maore Comorian: gari
    • → Meru: ngari
    • → Somali: gaari
• → Pashto: ګاډی (gāḍay)
• → Persian: گاری (gārī)

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “गाड़ी”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Platts, John T. (1884), “गाड़ी”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 892
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “gāḍḍa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press