گھرانا

Urdu

Alternative forms

• گھرانہ (gharāna)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit *घरायतन (gharāyatana), from घर (ghara, “house”) +‎ आयतन (āyatana, “home”). Cognate with Punjabi ਘਰਾਨਾ (gharānā) / گھرانہ (ghrānh), Sindhi گھراڻو / घराणो, Marathi घराणे (gharāṇe).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɡʱə.ɾɑː.nɑː/

Noun

گَھرَانَا • (gharānā) m (Hindi spelling घराना)

1. family, household
2. lineage

Declension

Declension of گھرانا
	singular	plural
direct	گَھرَانا (gharānā)	گَھرَانے (gharāne)
oblique	گَھرَانے (gharāne)	گَھرَانوں (gharānõ)
vocative	گَھرَانے (gharāne)	گَھرَانو (gharāno)

Synonyms

• (family, household): پروار (parivār)

References

• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “گهرانا”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*gharāyatana”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press