ghurry
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English[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Borrowed from Hindi घड़ी (ghaṛī) or Urdu گھڑی (ghaṛī)
Noun[edit]
ghurry (plural ghurries) (India, obsolete)
- A clepsydra or water clock, consisting of a floating cup with a small hole in it, adjusted so that it fills and sinks in a fixed time.
- The gong by which the time so indicated is struck.
- (by extension) A clock or watch.
- (Anglo-Indian) An hour, or some indefinite period of time.
References[edit]
- Henry Yule, A[rthur] C[oke] Burnell (1903) “ghurry”, in William Crooke, editor, Hobson-Jobson […] , London: John Murray, […].
Etymology 2[edit]
Noun[edit]
ghurry (plural ghurries)
- (historical, India) Alternative form of gurry (“a small fort”)