ઘર

Gujarati

ઘર

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)

Gujarati ઘર

Inherited from Old Gujarati घर (ghara). Doublet of ગૃહ (gŕh) and ઘરું (gharũ).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Gujarati) IPA^(key): /ˈɡʱəɾ/
• Rhymes: -əɾ

Noun

ઘર • (ghar) n

1. house, home, dwelling, residence

   Synonyms: ગૃહ (gŕh), મકાન (makān), આવાસ (āvās), ખાનું (khānũ), કાશાના (kāśānā), રહેઠાણ (raheṭhāṇ), ઠેકાણું (ṭhekāṇũ)

2. office

   Synonyms: કચેરી (kacerī), કાર્યાલય (kāryālya), ઓફિસ (ophis)

3. flat, apartment
4. (by extension) household
5. (figuratively) homeland, country, birthplace
6. (astrology) house
7. (chess) square
8. (chess) house

Declension

Declension of ઘર

	singular	plural
nominative	ઘર (ghar)	ઘરો (gharo)
oblique	ઘર (ghar)	ઘરો (gharo)
vocative	ઘર (ghar)	ઘરો (gharo)
instrumental	ઘરે (ghare)	ઘરોએ (gharoe)
locative	ઘરે (ghare)	ઘરોએ (gharoe)

Derived terms

• ઘર બેસવું (ghar besvũ)
• ઘરકાજ (gharkāj)
• ઘરકૂકડી (gharkūkḍī)
• ઘરફોડુ (gharphoḍu)
• ઘરવાળી (gharvāḷī)

Vaghri

Etymology

Ultimately from Sanskrit गृह (gṛha).

Noun

ઘર (ghar) m

1. house, abode, dwelling
2. family

Declension

Declension of ઘર

	singular	plural
nominative	ઘર (ghar)	ઘર (ghar), ઘરૂં (gharū̃)
oblique	ઘર (ghar)	ઘરેં (gharẽ)
vocative	ઘર (ghar)	ઘર (ghar), ઘરૂં (gharū̃)
instrumental	ઘરે (ghare)	ઘરે (ghare), ઘરૂંએ (gharū̃e)
locative	ઘરે (ghare)	ઘરે (ghare), ઘરૂંએ (gharū̃e)