घुर्घुरा

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ঘুৰ্ঘুৰা (Assamese script)
• ᬖᬸᬃᬖᬸᬭᬵ (Balinese script)
• ঘুর্ঘুরা (Bengali script)
• 𑰑𑰲𑰨𑰿𑰑𑰲𑰨𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀖𑀼𑀭𑁆𑀖𑀼𑀭𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• ဃုရ်္ဃုရာ (Burmese script)
• ઘુર્ઘુરા (Gujarati script)
• ਘੁਰ੍ਘੁਰਾ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌘𑍁𑌰𑍍𑌘𑍁𑌰𑌾 (Grantha script)
• ꦓꦸꦂꦓꦸꦫꦴ (Javanese script)
• 𑂐𑂳𑂩𑂹𑂐𑂳𑂩𑂰 (Kaithi script)
• ಘುರ್ಘುರಾ (Kannada script)
• ឃុឃ៌ុរា (Khmer script)
• ຆຸຣ຺ຆຸຣາ (Lao script)
• ഘുര്ഘുരാ (Malayalam script)
• ᢚᡠᡵᢚᡠᡵᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
• 𑘑𑘳𑘨𑘿𑘑𑘳𑘨𑘰 (Modi script)
• ᠺᠾᠤᠷᠺᠾᠤᠷᠠ᠋᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦱𑧔𑧈𑧠𑦱𑧔𑧈𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐑𑐸𑐬𑑂𑐑𑐸𑐬𑐵 (Newa script)
• ଘୁର୍ଘୁରା (Odia script)
• ꢕꢸꢬ꣄ꢕꢸꢬꢵ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆔𑆶𑆫𑇀𑆔𑆶𑆫𑆳 (Sharada script)
• 𑖑𑖲𑖨𑖿𑖑𑖲𑖨𑖯 (Siddham script)
• ඝුර්‍ඝුරා (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩟𑩒𑩼 𑪙𑩟𑩒𑩼𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚍𑚰𑚤𑚶𑚍𑚰𑚤𑚭 (Takri script)
• கு⁴ர்கு⁴ரா (Tamil script)
• ఘుర్ఘురా (Telugu script)
• ฆุรฺฆุรา (Thai script)
• གྷུ་རྒྷུ་རཱ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒒𑒳𑒩𑓂𑒒𑒳𑒩𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨎𑨃𑨫𑩇𑨎𑨃𑨫𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɡʱuɾ.ɡʱu.ɾɑː/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈɡʱuɾ.ɡʱu.ɾɑː/
• Hyphenation: घुर्‧घु‧रा

Noun

घुर्घुरा • (ghurghurā) stem, f

1. a growl

Declension

Feminine ā-stem declension of घुर्घुरा (ghurghurā)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	घुर्घुरा ghurghurā	घुर्घुरे ghurghure	घुर्घुराः ghurghurāḥ
Vocative	घुर्घुरे ghurghure	घुर्घुरे ghurghure	घुर्घुराः ghurghurāḥ
Accusative	घुर्घुराम् ghurghurām	घुर्घुरे ghurghure	घुर्घुराः ghurghurāḥ
Instrumental	घुर्घुरया / घुर्घुरा¹ ghurghurayā / ghurghurā¹	घुर्घुराभ्याम् ghurghurābhyām	घुर्घुराभिः ghurghurābhiḥ
Dative	घुर्घुरायै ghurghurāyai	घुर्घुराभ्याम् ghurghurābhyām	घुर्घुराभ्यः ghurghurābhyaḥ
Ablative	घुर्घुरायाः / घुर्घुरायै² ghurghurāyāḥ / ghurghurāyai²	घुर्घुराभ्याम् ghurghurābhyām	घुर्घुराभ्यः ghurghurābhyaḥ
Genitive	घुर्घुरायाः / घुर्घुरायै² ghurghurāyāḥ / ghurghurāyai²	घुर्घुरयोः ghurghurayoḥ	घुर्घुराणाम् ghurghurāṇām
Locative	घुर्घुरायाम् ghurghurāyām	घुर्घुरयोः ghurghurayoḥ	घुर्घुरासु ghurghurāsu
Notes	¹Vedic ²Brāhmaṇas

Descendants

• Prakrit: 𑀖𑀼𑀖𑀼𑀭𑀺 (ghughuri)
  • Southern:
    • Helu Prakrit:
      • Dhivehi: ގުގުރި (guguri), ގުނގުރު (guⁿguru)
      • Sinhalese: ගිගුරුම (giguruma), ගිගුරුම (giguruma)

References

• Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “घुर्घुरा”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 243