घर्म

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit घर्म (gharmá). Doublet of गर्म (garm), a borrowing from Persian.

Noun

घर्म (gharm) m (Urdu spelling گھرم)

  1. heat
  2. hot weather
  3. summer
  4. sunshine

Declension

See also

  • घर्मी (gharmī)

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *gʰarmás (hot, warm; warmth, heat), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰor-mós, from *gʷʰer- (warm, hot).

Cognate with Avestan 𐬔𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬨𐬀 (garəma, hot; warmth), Persian گرم (garm), Ancient Greek θερμός (thermós), Latin formus, furnus.

Pronunciation

Noun

घर्म (gharmá) m

  1. heat, warmth
    • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 1.180.4:
      युवं ह घर्मं मधुमन्तमत्रयेऽपो न क्षोदोऽवृणीतमेषे ।
      तद्वां नरावश्विना पश्वइष्टी रथ्येव चक्रा प्रति यन्ति मध्वः ॥
      yuvaṃ ha gharmaṃ madhumantamatrayeʼpo na kṣodoʼvṛṇītameṣe .
      tadvāṃ narāvaśvinā paśvaïṣṭī rathyeva cakrā prati yanti madhvaḥ .
      Ye made the fierce heat to be full of sweetness for Atri at his wish, like streaming water.
      Fire-offering thence is yours, O Aśvins, Heroes: your car-wheels speed to us like springs of honey.
  2. hot weather
  3. sunshine

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of घर्म (gharmá)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative घर्मः
gharmáḥ
घर्मौ
gharmaú
घर्माः / घर्मासः¹
gharmā́ḥ / gharmā́saḥ¹
Vocative घर्म
ghárma
घर्मौ
ghármau
घर्माः / घर्मासः¹
ghármāḥ / ghármāsaḥ¹
Accusative घर्मम्
gharmám
घर्मौ
gharmaú
घर्मान्
gharmā́n
Instrumental घर्मेण
gharméṇa
घर्माभ्याम्
gharmā́bhyām
घर्मैः / घर्मेभिः¹
gharmaíḥ / gharmébhiḥ¹
Dative घर्माय
gharmā́ya
घर्माभ्याम्
gharmā́bhyām
घर्मेभ्यः
gharmébhyaḥ
Ablative घर्मात्
gharmā́t
घर्माभ्याम्
gharmā́bhyām
घर्मेभ्यः
gharmébhyaḥ
Genitive घर्मस्य
gharmásya
घर्मयोः
gharmáyoḥ
घर्माणाम्
gharmā́ṇām
Locative घर्मे
gharmé
घर्मयोः
gharmáyoḥ
घर्मेषु
gharméṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic

Descendants

  • Pali: ghamma
  • Ashokan Prakrit:
    • Magadhi Prakrit:
    • Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀖𑀫𑁆𑀫 (ghamma)
    • Paisaci Prakrit: 𑀔𑀫𑁆𑀫 (khamma)
    • Sauraseni Prakrit:
  • Hindi: घर्म (gharm)
  • Urdu: گھرم (gharm)
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