ঘর

Bengali

Etymology

Inherited from Magadhi Prakrit 𑀖𑀭 (ghara), metathesized from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀕𑀭𑁆𑀳 (*garha), from Sanskrit गृह (gṛha), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *gʰr̥dʰás, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰr̥dʰ-ó-s (“enclosure”), from *gʰerdʰ- (“to enclose”).

Pronunciation

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /ɡʱɔɾ/, [ɡʱɔɾ]

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• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /ɡʱɔɾ/, [ɡʱɔɾ]

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Noun

ঘর • (ghor)

1. a house, building, residence

   Synonyms: বাড়ি (baṛi), মকান (mokan)

2. a home, dwelling

   Synonym: গৃহ (griho)

   • 1918, Rabindranath Tagore, “ভেঙে মোর ঘরের চাবি (bheṅe mōr ghorer cabi)”:

     ভেঙে মোর ঘরের চাবি নিয়ে যাবি কে আমারে / ও বন্ধু আমার ! / না পেয়ে তোমার দেখা, একা একা দিন যে আমার কাটে না রে ॥

     Who is going to take me after breaking ope the lock of my home? / Oh friend mine! / Not being able to see you, my day barely passes by myself.

3. a room, chamber

   Synonyms: কোঠা (kōṭha), কামরা (kamra)

4. family

   Synonyms: পরিবার (poribar), সংসার (śoṅśar)

Inflection

Inflection of ঘর
nominative	ঘর ghor
objective	ঘর / ঘরকে ghor (semantically general or indefinite) / ghorke (semantically definite)
genitive	ঘরের ghorer
locative	ঘরে ghore
	Indefinite forms
nominative	ঘর ghor
objective	ঘর / ঘরকে ghor (semantically general or indefinite) / ghorke (semantically definite)
genitive	ঘরের ghorer
locative	ঘরে ghore
	Definite forms
	singular		plural
nominative	ঘরটা , ঘরটি ghorṭa (colloquial), ghorṭi (formal)		ঘরগুলা, ঘরগুলো ghorgula (colloquial), ghorgulo (formal)
objective	ঘরটা, ঘরটি ghorṭa (colloquial), ghorṭi (formal)		ঘরগুলা, ঘরগুলো ghorgula (colloquial), ghorgulo (formal)
genitive	ঘরটার, ঘরটির ghorṭar (colloquial), ghorṭir (formal)		ঘরগুলার, ঘরগুলোর ghorgular (colloquial), ghorgulor (formal)
locative	ঘরটাতে / ঘরটায়, ঘরটিতে ghorṭate / ghorṭay (colloquial), ghorṭite (formal)		ঘরগুলাতে / ঘরগুলায়, ঘরগুলোতে ghorgulate / ghorgulay (colloquial), ghorgulote (formal)
Objective Note: In some dialects -রে (-re) marks this case instead of -কে (-ke).

Related terms

• গড় (goṛ)
• গৃহ (griho)
• গেহ (geho)

 

Middle Bengali

FWOTD – 8 June 2021

Etymology

Inherited from Old Bengali ঘর (ghara), from Prakrit 𑀖𑀭 (ghara), from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀕𑀭𑁆𑀳 (*garha), from Sanskrit गृह (gṛhá), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *gʰr̥dʰás.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡʱɒɾ/

Noun

ঘর (ghor)

1. a house
   • c. 18th c., Rāmeśvar, Śivasaṅkīrttana:

     ঠেকাঠেকি হয় হাঁরি করিবারে ঘর।

     ṭhekāṭheki hay hā̃ri karibāre ghara.

     In running a household earthen cooking pots do clash.

2. a room
3. a dwelling
4. family

Descendants

• Bengali: ঘর (ghor)

Further reading

• Sen, Sukumar (1971) An Etymological Dictionary of Bengali: c. 1000-1800 A.D.‎^[1], volume 1, Calcutta: Eastern Publishers, page 245.

Old Bengali

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀖𑀭 (ghara), from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀕𑀭𑁆𑀳 (*garha), from Sanskrit गृह (gṛhá), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *gʰr̥dʰás.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡʱɒɾɒ/

Noun

ঘর (ghara)

1. home
   • a. 12th c. CE, Caryā 33:

     টালত মোর ঘর   নাহি পড়বেষী ।

     ṭāla-ta mora ghara   nāhi paṛiēśī .

     On the high stead (?) is my home, there is no neighbour.

Descendants

• Middle Bengali: ঘর (ghor)
  • Bengali: ঘর (ghor)
• Chakma: 𑄊𑄧𑄢𑄴 (ghar)
• Rohingya: gór
• Sylheti: ꠊꠞ (gór)

Further reading

• Chatterji, Suniti Kumar (1926) The Origin and Development of the Bengali Language‎^[2], volume 1, Calcutta: Calcutta University Press, page 262

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• ghara (Latin script)
• 𑀖𑀭 (Brahmi script)
• घर (Devanagari script)
• ඝර (Sinhalese script)
• ဃရ or ꧠရ (Burmese script)
• ฆร or ฆะระ (Thai script)
• ᨥᩁ (Tai Tham script)
• ຆຣ or ຆະຣະ (Lao script)
• ឃរ (Khmer script)
• 𑄊𑄢 (Chakma script)

Noun

ঘর n

1. Bengali script form of ghara (“house”)

Declension

Declension table of "ঘর" (neuter)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	ঘরং (gharaṃ)	ঘরানি (gharāni)
Accusative (second)	ঘরং (gharaṃ)	ঘরানি (gharāni)
Instrumental (third)	ঘরেন (gharena)	ঘরেহি (gharehi) or ঘরেভি (gharebhi)
Dative (fourth)	ঘরস্স (gharassa) or ঘরায (gharāya) or ঘরত্থং (gharatthaṃ)	ঘরানং (gharānaṃ)
Ablative (fifth)	ঘরস্মা (gharasmā) or ঘরম্হা (gharamhā) or ঘরা (gharā) or ঘরতো (gharato)	ঘরেহি (gharehi) or ঘরেভি (gharebhi)
Genitive (sixth)	ঘরস্স (gharassa)	ঘরানং (gharānaṃ)
Locative (seventh)	ঘরস্মিং (gharasmiṃ) or ঘরম্হি (gharamhi) or ঘরে (ghare)	ঘরেসু (gharesu)
Vocative (calling)	ঘর (ghara)	ঘরানি (gharāni)