गाड़ी

Hindi

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀕𑀟𑁆𑀟 (gaḍḍa), 𑀕𑀟𑁆𑀟𑀻 (gaḍḍī), from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀕𑀸𑀟𑁆𑀟- (*gāḍḍa-); ultimately from Sanskrit गन्त्री (gantrī), the feminine variant of गन्तृ (gantṛ), a compound of गम् (gam, "to go, move") +‎ -तृ (-tṛ).

Pronunciation

(Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /ɡɑː.ɽiː/, [ɡäː.ɽiː]
Rhymes: -ɑː.ɽiː

Noun

गाड़ी • (gāṛī) f (Urdu spelling گاڑی‎)

car, truck, bus
- 1983, Indeevar (lyrics), Bappi Lahiri (music), “Mama Miya Pom Pom”, in Justice Chaudhury‎, performed by Asha Bhosle and Kishore Kumar:
  प्यार की गाड़ी, डेट चलाओ!
  pyār kī gāṛī, ḍeṭ calāo!
  Let's go on a date with the car of love!
carriage
cart
train
rail car

Declension

Declension of गाड़ी (fem ī-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	गाड़ी gāṛī	गाड़ियाँ gāṛiyā̃
oblique	गाड़ी gāṛī	गाड़ियों gāṛiyõ
vocative	गाड़ी gāṛī	गाड़ियो gāṛiyo

Hypernyms

Hypernyms: यान (yān), वाहन (vāhan)

Descendants

→ Gulf Arabic: قاري‎ (gāri, “bicycle”)
→ English: gharry
→ Kannada: ಗಾಡಿ (gāḍi)
→ Pashto: ګاډی‎ (gāḍay)
→ Persian: گاری‎ (gâri)
→ Swahili: gari
- → Chichewa: galimoto
- → Kamba: ngali
- → Kikuyu: ngari
- → Meru: ngari
- → Maore Comorian: gari

References

McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “गाड़ी”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 263
Platts, John T. (1884), “गाड़ी”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 892

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