घर

See also: घार, घेर, and घोर

Dogri

Etymology

From a metathesized form of Sanskrit गृह (gṛha).

Noun

घर (ghar) m (Dogra 𑠍𑠤)

1. house; home

Hindi

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *gʰerdʰ-der.

Proto-Indo-Iranian *gʰr̥dʰás

Sanskrit गृह (gṛha)

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

Prakrit 𑀖𑀭 (ghara)

Hindi घर

Inherited from 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 Hindi) IPA^(key): /ɡʱəɾ/, [ɡʱɐɾ]
• Rhymes: -ər

Noun

घर • (ghar) m (Urdu spelling گھر)

1. house, home; dwelling

   Synonyms: गृह (gŕh), मकान (makān), भवन (bhavan)

2. den
3. nest

Declension

Declension of घर (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	घर ghar	घर ghar
oblique	घर ghar	घरों gharõ
vocative	घर ghar	घरो gharo

Further reading

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “घर”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Platts, John T. (1884), “घर”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• Bahri, Hardev (1989), “घर”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.
• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975), “घर”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. “Sea of Hindi words”] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
• Fallon, S. W. (1879), “घर”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co.
• “घर”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2026.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “ghara-”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

Konkani

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit गृह (gṛha).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɡʱəɾ]

Noun

घर • (ghar) n (Latin script ghor, Kannada script ಘರ್)

1. house

Marathi

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *gʰerdʰ-der.

Proto-Indo-Iranian *gʰr̥dʰás

Sanskrit गृह (gṛha)

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

Maharastri Prakrit 𑀖𑀭 (ghara)

Old Marathi 𑘑𑘨 (ghara)

Marathi घर

Inherited from Old Marathi 𑘑𑘨 (ghara), from Maharastri 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-. Doublet of गृह (gŕh).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡʱəɾ/
• Rhymes: -əɾ

Noun

घर • (ghar) n

1. home, house, dwelling, residence

   Synonyms: गृह (gŕh), सदन (sadan), भवन (bhavan), आलय (ālay), निवास (nivās), आवास (āvās)

   मुंबईच्या या भागात घर विकत घ्यायला खूप खर्च येतो.

   mumbaīcyā yā bhāgāt ghar vikat ghyāylā khūp kharca yeto.

   It costs a lot to buy a house in this part of Mumbai.

Declension

Declension of घर (neut cons-stem)
direct singular	घर ghar
direct plural	घरे, घरं ghare, ghara
	singular एकवचन		plural अनेकवचन
nominative प्रथमा	घर ghar		घरे, घरं ghare, ghara
oblique सामान्यरूप	घरा gharā		घरां- gharān-
acc. / dative द्वितीया / चतुर्थी	घराला gharālā		घरांना gharānnā
ergative	घराने, घरानं gharāne, gharāna		घरांनी gharānnī
instrumental	घराशी gharāśī		घरांशी gharānśī
locative सप्तमी	घरात gharāt		घरांत gharāt
vocative संबोधन	घरा gharā		घरांनो gharānno
Oblique Note: The oblique case precedes all postpositions. There is no space between the stem and the postposition. Locative Note: -त (-ta) is a postposition.

Genitive declension of घर (neut cons-stem)
	masculine object पुल्लिंगी कर्म		feminine object स्त्रीलिंगी कर्म		neuter object नपुसकलिंगी कर्म		oblique सामान्यरूप
	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	singular* एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन
singular subject एकवचनी कर्ता	घराचा gharāċā	घराचे gharāċe	घराची gharācī	घराच्या gharācā	घराचे, घराचं gharāċe, gharāċa	घराची gharācī	घराच्या gharācā
plural subject अनेकवचनी कर्ता	घरांचा gharānċā	घरांचे gharānċe	घरांची gharāñcī	घरांच्या gharāncā	घरांचे, घरांचं gharānċe, gharānċa	घरांची gharāñcī	घरांच्या gharāñcā
* Note: Word-final ए (e) in neuter words is alternatively written with the anusvara and pronounced as अ (a). Oblique Note: For most postpostions, the oblique genitive can be optionally inserted between the stem and the postposition.

Derived terms

• घरंदाज (gharandāj)
• घरकाम (gharkām)
• घरकूल (gharkūl)
• घरगुती (ghargutī)
• घरजावई (gharjāvaī)
• घरदार (ghardār)
• घरपट्टी (gharpaṭṭī)
• घरोघरी (gharoghrī)
• घरोबा (gharobā)

References

• Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983), “घर”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857), “घर”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
• Shridhar Ganesh Vaze (1911), “घर”, in The Aryabhusan School Dictionary, Poona: Arya-Bhushan Press

Marwari

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 Gujarati घर (ghara)

Marwari घर

Inherited from Old Gujarati घर (ghara), from Prakrit 𑀖𑀭 (ghara), from Proto-Middle Indo-Aryan *𑀕𑀭𑁆𑀳 (*garha), from Sanskrit गृह (gṛha), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *gʰr̥dʰás, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰerdʰ-.

Noun

घर (ghar) m

1. house, home, dwelling, residence

   Synonym: मकांन (makā̃n)

2. (figuratively) homeland, country, birthplace
3. root cause

References

• “घर”, in Marwari Dictionary, SIL International, 2015
• “घर”, in राजस्थानी सबदकोस [rājasthānī sabadkos], charans.org, 2026

Nepali

Etymology

From a metathesized form of Sanskrit गृह (gṛha).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɡʱʌ̤r]
• Phonetic Devanagari: घर्

Noun

घर • (ghar)

1. house, home
2. building
3. family
4. women's marital home
5. marriage

Declension

Declension of घर
	Singular	Plural
nominative	घर [ɡʱʌr]	घरहरू [ɡʱʌrɦʌɾu]
accusative/dative	घरलाई [ɡʱʌrläi]	घरहरूलाई [ɡʱʌrɦʌɾuläi]
instrumental/ergative	घरले [ɡʱʌrle]	घरहरूले [ɡʱʌrɦʌɾule]
ablative	घरबाट [ɡʱʌrbäʈʌ]	घरहरूबाट [ɡʱʌrɦʌɾubäʈʌ]
genitive	घरको [ɡʱʌrko]	घरहरूको [ɡʱʌrɦʌɾuko]
locative	घरमा [ɡʱʌrmä]	घरहरूमा [ɡʱʌrɦʌɾumä]
Notes: -को (-ko) becomes: -का (-kā) when followed by a plural noun. -की (-kī) when followed by a feminine noun.

Further reading

• “घर”, in नेपाली बृहत् शब्दकोश (nepālī br̥hat śabdakoś) [Comprehensive Nepali Dictionary]‎^[1], Kathmandu: Nepal Academy, 2018
• Schmidt, Ruth L. (1993), “घर”, in A Practical Dictionary of Modern Nepali, Ratna Sagar

Old Gujarati

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 Gujarati घर

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

Noun

घर • (ghara) m

1. house, palace

Descendants

• Gujaratic:
  • Middle Gujarati:
    • Gujarati: ઘર (ghar)
  • Saurashtra: ꢕꢿꢬ꣄ (ghēr)
• Rajasthani:
  • Ahirani: घर (ghar)
  • Bagri: घर
  • Eastern Rajasthani:
    • Malvi: घर (ghar)
  • Gojri: گَھر (ghar)
  • Western Rajasthani:
    • Marwari: घर (ghar)
    • Mewari: घर (ghar)

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• ghara (Latin script)
• 𑀖𑀭 (Brahmi script)
• ঘর (Bengali script)
• ඝර (Sinhalese script)
• ဃရ or ꧠရ (Burmese script)
• ฆร or ฆะระ (Thai script)
• ᨥᩁ (Tai Tham script)
• ຆຣ or ຆະຣະ (Lao script)
• ឃរ (Khmer script)
• 𑄊𑄢 (Chakma script)

Noun

घर n

1. Devanagari script form of ghara (“house”)

Declension

Declension table of "घर" (neuter)

Case / Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	घरं (gharaṃ)	घरानि (gharāni)
Accusative (second)	घरं (gharaṃ)	घरानि (gharāni)
Instrumental (third)	घरेन (gharena)	घरेहि (gharehi) or घरेभि (gharebhi)
Dative (fourth)	घरस्स (gharassa) or घराय (gharāya) or घरत्थं (gharatthaṃ)	घरानं (gharānaṃ)
Ablative (fifth)	घरस्मा (gharasmā) or घरम्हा (gharamhā) or घरा (gharā) or घरतो (gharato)	घरेहि (gharehi) or घरेभि (gharebhi)
Genitive (sixth)	घरस्स (gharassa)	घरानं (gharānaṃ)
Locative (seventh)	घरस्मिं (gharasmiṃ) or घरम्हि (gharamhi) or घरे (ghare)	घरेसु (gharesu)
Vocative (calling)	घर (ghara)	घरानि (gharāni)