होरा

See also: हौरा

Mewari

Etymology

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Noun

होरा (horā) m

1. father-in-law

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• হোৰা (Assamese script)
• ᬳᭀᬭᬵ (Balinese script)
• হোরা (Bengali script)
• 𑰮𑰺𑰨𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀳𑁄𑀭𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• ဟောရာ (Burmese script)
• હોરા (Gujarati script)
• ਹੋਰਾ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌹𑍋𑌰𑌾 (Grantha script)
• ꦲꦺꦴꦫꦴ (Javanese script)
• 𑂯𑂷𑂩𑂰 (Kaithi script)
• ಹೋರಾ (Kannada script)
• ហោរា (Khmer script)
• ໂຫຣາ (Lao script)
• ഹോരാ (Malayalam script)
• ᡥᠣᡵᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
• 𑘮𑘻𑘨𑘰 (Modi script)
• ᠾᠣᠸᠠᠷᠠ᠋᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧎𑧜𑧈𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐴𑑀𑐬𑐵 (Newa script)
• ହୋରା (Odia script)
• ꢲꣂꢬꢵ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆲𑆾𑆫𑆳 (Sharada script)
• 𑖮𑖺𑖨𑖯 (Siddham script)
• හොරා (Sinhalese script)
• 𑪂𑩕𑩼𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚩𑚴𑚤𑚭 (Takri script)
• ஹோரா (Tamil script)
• హోరా (Telugu script)
• โหรา (Thai script)
• ཧོ་རཱ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒯𑒼𑒩𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨱𑨆𑨫𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὥρα (hṓra); see there for more.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈɦoː.ɾɑː/

Noun

होरा • (horā) stem, f

1. the rising of a zodiac sign
2. a part of the duration of a zodiac sign
3. an hour
4. a mark, line
5. an astrological work; astrology; horoscopy

Declension

Feminine ā-stem declension of होरा (horā)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	होरा horā	होरे hore	होराः horāḥ
Vocative	होरे hore	होरे hore	होराः horāḥ
Accusative	होराम् horām	होरे hore	होराः horāḥ
Instrumental	होरया / होरा¹ horayā / horā¹	होराभ्याम् horābhyām	होराभिः horābhiḥ
Dative	होरायै horāyai	होराभ्याम् horābhyām	होराभ्यः horābhyaḥ
Ablative	होरायाः / होरायै² horāyāḥ / horāyai²	होराभ्याम् horābhyām	होराभ्यः horābhyaḥ
Genitive	होरायाः / होरायै² horāyāḥ / horāyai²	होरयोः horayoḥ	होराणाम् horāṇām
Locative	होरायाम् horāyām	होरयोः horayoḥ	होरासु horāsu
Notes	¹Vedic ²Brāhmaṇas

Derived terms

• होराफल (horāphala)

Descendants

• Pali: horā
  • → Burmese: ဟူးရား (hu:ra:) (learned)
  • → Lao: ໂຫຣະ (ro) (learned)
  • → Mon: ဟောရာ (learned)
  • → Old Khmer: [script needed] (hor, hora) (learned)
    • Middle Khmer:
      • Khmer: ហោរ (hao)
    • → Lao: ໂຫນ (nō)
    • → Thai: โหร (hǒon)
  • → Shan: ႁူးရႃး (húu ráa) (learned)
• → Assamese: হোৰা (hüra) (learned)
• → Bengali: হোরা (hōra) (learned)
• → English: hora (learned)
• → Hindustani: (learned)
  • Hindi: होरा (horā)
  • Urdu: ہورا (horā)
• → Marathi: होरा (horā) (learned)
• → Middle Chinese: 火羅 (MC xwaX la) (learned)
• → Nepali: होरा (horā) (learned)
• → Odia: ହୋରା (horā) (learned)
• → Sinhalese: හෝරා (hōrā) (learned)
• → Tamil: ஓரை (ōrai) (learned)
• → Telugu: హోర (hōra) (learned)

Further reading

• Monier Williams (1899) “होरा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1178.