ghora

English

Noun

ghora (plural ghoras)

1. Alternative form of gora (“white person”)

Old Javanese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit घोर (ghora, “terrific, frightful, terrible, dreadful, violent, vehement; venerable, awful, sublime”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡora/
• Rhymes: -ra
• Homophone: gora
• Hyphenation: gho‧ra

Adjective

ghora

1. terrific, frightful, terrible, dreadful, violent, vehement

Derived terms

• atighora
• atimahāghora
• ghorakarma
• ghoramuśala
• ghoranāda
• ghorarūpa
• ghoratara
• mahāghora

Descendants

• > Javanese: ꦒꦺꦴꦫ (gora) (inherited)

Further reading

• "ghora" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀖𑁄𑀭 (Brahmi script)
• घोर (Devanagari script)
• ঘোর (Bengali script)
• ඝොර (Sinhalese script)
• ဃောရ or ꧠေႃရ (Burmese script)
• โฆร or โฆระ (Thai script)
• ᨥᩮᩣᩁ (Tai Tham script)
• ໂຆຣ or ໂຆຣະ or ໂຄລະ (Lao script)
• ឃោរ (Khmer script)
• 𑄊𑄮𑄢 (Chakma script)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit घोर (ghorá).

Adjective

ghora

1. frightful
   • c. 50 BC, Petavatthu; republished in Prof. Minayeff, Petavatthu, London: Pali Text Society, 1888, page 6:

     8. Sapathañ ca maṃ kāresi paribhāsāpayi ca maṃ
     sāhaṃ ɡhorañ ca sapathaṃ musāvādaṃ abhāsissaṃ.

     8. She both made me swear an oath and had me reviled. And I myself told a lie under that terrible oath.

Declension

Declension table of "ghora" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	ghoro	ghorā
Accusative (second)	ghoraṃ	ghore
Instrumental (third)	ghorena	ghorehi or ghorebhi
Dative (fourth)	ghorassa or ghorāya or ghoratthaṃ	ghorānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	ghorasmā or ghoramhā or ghorā	ghorehi or ghorebhi
Genitive (sixth)	ghorassa	ghorānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	ghorasmiṃ or ghoramhi or ghore	ghoresu
Vocative (calling)	ghora	ghorā

Declension table of "ghora" (neuter)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	ghoraṃ	ghorāni
Accusative (second)	ghoraṃ	ghorāni
Instrumental (third)	ghorena	ghorehi or ghorebhi
Dative (fourth)	ghorassa or ghorāya or ghoratthaṃ	ghorānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	ghorasmā or ghoramhā or ghorā	ghorehi or ghorebhi
Genitive (sixth)	ghorassa	ghorānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	ghorasmiṃ or ghoramhi or ghore	ghoresu
Vocative (calling)	ghora	ghorāni