ਘਰੁ

See also: ਘਰ

Old Punjabi

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 Punjabi ਘਰੁ

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀖𑀭 (ghara), from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀕𑀭𑁆𑀳 (*garha), from Sanskrit गृह (gṛhá). Cognate with Old Hindi घर (ghara), Old Gujarati घर (ghara), Old Marathi 𑘑𑘨 (ghara), Old Bengali ঘর (ghara).

Noun

ਘਰੁ (gharu) m

1. house, home
2. inner self, heart

   Guru Granth Sahib, Guru Nanak, translation by Sant Singh Khalsa, 1245:

   ਭੁਖੇ ਮੁਲਾਂ ਘਰੇ ਮਸੀਤਿ

   bhukhe mulāṃ ghare masīti

   The hungry Mullah turns his home into a mosque. (lit. The masjid [is] the home [of] hungry mullahs.)

Descendants

• Punjabi: ghar

  Gurmukhi script: ਘਰ

  Shahmukhi script: گَھر

Further reading

• Christopher Shackle (2011), “ਘਰੁ”, in A Gurū Nānak Glossary, 2^nd edition, New Delhi: Heritage Publishers, →ISBN, page 104
• “ਘਰੁ”, in Sri Guru Granth Sahib Dictionary, SriGranth.org, 2026
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “ghara”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 239