घोड़ा

See also: घोडा, घोड़ौ, घड़ी, and घडी

Hindi

२ घोड़े

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Dravidian *kut

Proto-Dravidian *i

Proto-Dravidian *kuti

Proto-Dravidian *kut-ir-ayder.?

Sanskrit घोटक (ghoṭaka)

Prakrit घोडय (ghoḍaya)

Hindi घोड़ा

Inherited from Prakrit घोडय (ghoḍaya), from Sanskrit घोटक (ghoṭaka), possibly from Proto-Dravidian *kut-ir-ay (“horse”), from *kuti (“to jump”), from *kut + *i.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /ɡʱoː.ɽɑː/, [ɡʱoː.ɽäː]

Noun

घोड़ा • (ghoṛā) m (Urdu spelling گھوڑا)

1. horse

   Synonyms: अश्व (aśva), तुरग (turag), तुरंग (turaṅg)

2. (chess) knight
3. (Bombay Hindi, slang) gun

Declension

Declension of घोड़ा (masc ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	घोड़ा ghoṛā	घोड़े ghoṛe
oblique	घोड़े ghoṛe	घोड़ों ghoṛõ
vocative	घोड़े ghoṛe	घोड़ो ghoṛo

See also

Chess pieces in Hindi · शतरंज के मोहरे (śatrañj ke mohre) (layout · text)
राजा (rājā) बादशाह (bādśāh) शाह (śāh)	रानी (rānī) वज़ीर (vazīr) मंत्री (mantrī) बेगम (begam) फ़रज़ी (farzī)	हाथी (hāthī) गज (gaj) रथ (rath) कश्ती (kaśtī) रुख़ (rux)	ऊँट (ū̃ṭ) फ़ील (fīl) पील (pīl)	घोड़ा (ghoṛā) अश्व (aśva)	प्यादा (pyādā) पैदल (paidal) सिपाही (sipāhī)

References

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975), “घोड़ा”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. “Sea of Hindi words”] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 1419
• Caturvedi, Mahendra; Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970), “घोड़ा”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House, page 191
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “घोड़ा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 292
• Bahri, Hardev (1989), “घोड़ा”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons, page 178.