گھوڑا

Pahari-Potwari

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit घोटक (ghoṭaka), from Proto-Dravidian *kHutt- (“horse”).

Cognate with Urdu گھوڑا (ghoṛā), Punjabi گھوڑا (ghoṛā) and Sindhi گهوڙو (ghoṛo).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /koː˥˩.ɽäː/

Noun

گھوڑا (ghoṛā)

1. horse
2. (chess) knight

Punjabi

گھوڑا

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit घोटक (ghoṭaka), from Proto-Dravidian *kHutt- (“horse”).

Cognate with Urdu گھوڑا (ghoṛā) and Sindhi گهوڙو (ghoṛo).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Punjabi) Phonetic: kṑṛā IPA^(key): /koː˥˩.ɽäː/

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• Rhymes: -äː
• Hyphenation: گھو‧ڑا

Noun

گھوڑا • (ghoṛā) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਘੋੜਾ)

1. horse

   Synonym: اسپ (asp)

2. (chess) knight

Declension

Declension of گھوڑا

	singular	plural
direct	گھوڑا (ghoṛā)	گھوڑے (ghoṛe)
oblique	گھوڑے (ghoṛe)	گھوڑیْاں (ghoṛiyāṉ)
vocative	گھوڑیْا (ghoṛiyā)	گھوڑیو (ghoṛeyo)
ablative	گھوڑیوں (ghoṛeyoṉ)	گھوڑیْاں (ghoṛiyāṉ)
locative	–	گھوڑِیں (ghoṛīṉ)
instrumental	گھوڑے (ghoṛe)	–

See also

Chess pieces in Punjabi · شَطْرَن٘ج دے مُہرے (śat̤raṉj de muhre) (layout · text)
راجا (rājā) بادْشاہ (bādśāh)	وَزِیر (vazīr) راݨی (rāṇī)	ہاتھی (hāthī) رُخ (rux)	فِیلا (fīlā) فَرْضی (farẓī)	گھوڑا (ghoṛā)	پیادَہ (peyādah)

Urdu

گھوڑا

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀖𑁄𑀟𑀕 (ghoḍaga), from Sanskrit घोटक (ghoṭaka), likely from Proto-Dravidian *kHutt- (“horse”). Cognate with Punjabi گھوڑا (ghoṛā), Sindhi گهوڙو (ghoṛo), Marathi घोडा (ghoḍā), Gujarati ઘોડો (ghoḍo), Bengali ঘোড়া (ghōṛa) and Odia ଘୋଡ଼ା (ghoṛā).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɡʱoː.ɽɑː/
• Rhymes: -ɑː

Noun

گھوڑا • (ghoṛā) m (Hindi spelling घोड़ा)

1. horse

   Synonyms: اَسْپ (asp), اَشْو (aśv), تُرَن٘گ (turaṅg)

2. (chess) knight

   Synonym: اَسْپ (asp)

Declension

Declension of گھوڑا

	singular	plural
direct	گھوڑا (ghoṛā)	گھوڑے (ghoṛe)
oblique	گھوڑے (ghoṛe)	گھوڑوں (ghoṛõ)
vocative	گھوڑے (ghoṛe)	گھوڑو (ghoṛo)

Derived terms

• گھوڑا گاڑی (ghoṛā-gāṛī, “horse-wagon”)
• گھوڑا بَچ (ghoṛā-bac, “Acorus Calamus”)

See also

Chess pieces in Urdu · مہرے کے شطرنج (śatranj ke muhre) (layout · text)
بَادْشَاہ (bādśāh)	وَزِیر (vazīr)	رُخ (rux)	فِیلَہ (fīla)	گھوڑا (ghoṛā)	پِیَادَہ (piyāda)

References

• Platts, John T. (1884) “گهوڙا”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• “گھوڑا”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.