गागर
Hindi
Alternative forms
- गागरी (gāgrī)
Etymology
Etymology tree
Prakrit 𑀕𑀕𑁆𑀕𑀭𑀻 (gaggarī)
Hindi गागर (gāgar)
Inherited from Prakrit 𑀕𑀕𑁆𑀕𑀭𑀻 (gaggarī), from Sanskrit गर्गर (gargara, “a churn”), गर्गरी (gargarī, “a churn, a waterpot”), of onomatopoeic origin.
Cognates
Cognates include Kashmiri गाग॒॑रू॒ (gāga॒॑rū॒), Punjabi ਗਾਗਰ (gāgar), ਗਾਗਰੀ (gāgrī), Nepali गाग्रो (gāgro), गाग्रि (gāgri), Assamese গাগৰী (gagori), Bengali গাগরি (gagri), Odia ଗଗରା (gagarā), ଗାଗରି (gāgari), Bihari गगरा (gagarā), गगरी (gagarī), Maithili गागरी (gāgᵊrī), Bhojpuri गगरी (gagᵊrī), Awadhi गगरा (gagarā), गगरी (gagarī) and Gujarati ગાગર (gāgar).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /ɡɑː.ɡəɾ/, [ɡäː.ɡɐɾ]
- Rhymes: -əɾ, -ɑː.ɡəɾ
- Hyphenation: गा‧गर
Noun
गागर • (gāgar) f (masculine गगरा, Urdu spelling گاگر)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | गागर gāgar |
गागरें gāgarẽ |
| oblique | गागर gāgar |
गागरों gāgarõ |
| vocative | गागर gāgar |
गागरो gāgaro |
Derived terms
- गागर में सागर भरना (gāgar mẽ sāgar bharnā)
References
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “gargara”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 216
- Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975), “गागर”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. “Sea of Hindi words”] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 1267
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “गागर”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 262
- Caturvedi, Mahendra; Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970), “गागर”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House, page 174