گجرا
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Urdu
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Prakrit 𑀕𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀭 (gajjara), from Sanskrit गार्जर (gārjara, “carrot”).[1] Doublet of گاجَر (gājar).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /ɡəd͡ʒ.ɾɑː/
- Rhymes: -ɑː
- Hyphenation: گَجْ‧را
Noun
[edit]گَجْرا • (gajrā) m (Hindi spelling गजरा)
- garland (worn on the wrist)
Declension
[edit]Declension of گجرا | ||
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singular | plural | |
direct | گَجْرا (gajrā) | گَجْرے (gajre) |
oblique | گَجْرے (gajre) | گَجْروں (gajrõ) |
vocative | گَجْرے (gajre) | گَجْرو (gajro) |
References
[edit]- ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “gārjara”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 221
Further reading
[edit]More information
- “گجرا”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “گجرا”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “گجرا”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
- Platts, John T. (1884) “گجرا”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
- John Shakespear (1834) “گجرا”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC
- S. W. Fallon (1879) “گجرا”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co.
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