# घर
## Dogri
### Etymology

From a metathesized form of Sanskrit गृह (gṛha).

### Noun

घर (ghar) m (Dogra 𑠍𑠤)
* house; home

## Hindi
### Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀖𑀭 (ghara), from a metathesized form of Sanskrit गृह (gṛha).

### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /ɡʱəɾ/, [ɡʱɐɾ]
* Rhymes: -ər

### Noun

घर • (ghar) m (Urdu spelling گھر)
* house, home; dwelling
    Synonyms: गृह (gŕh), मकान (makān), भवन (bhavan)
* den
* nest

#### Declension
### Further reading

* McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “घर”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
* Platts, John T. (1884) “घर”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
* Bahri, Hardev (1989) “घर”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.
* Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “घर”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
* S. W. Fallon (1879) “घर”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co.
* “घर”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
* Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “ghara-”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

## Konkani
### Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit गृह (gṛha).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ɡʱəɾ]

### Noun

घर • (ghar) n (Latin script ghor, Kannada script ಘರ್)
* house

## Marathi
### Etymology

From a metathesized form of Sanskrit गृह (gṛha).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡʱəɾ/

### Noun

घर • (ghar) n
* home, house

#### Declension
### References

* Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “घर”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
* Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “घर”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
* Shridhar Ganesh Vaze (1911) “घर”, in The Aryabhusan School Dictionary, Poona: Arya-Bhushan Press

## Marwari
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Gujarati घर (ghara), from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀖𑀭 (ghara), from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀕𑀭𑁆𑀳 (*garha), from a metathesized form of गृह (gṛha).

### Noun

घर (ghar) m
* house, home, dwelling, residence
    Synonym: मकांन (makā̃n)
* (figuratively) homeland, country, birthplace
* root cause

#### References

* “घर”, in Marwari Dictionary, SIL International, 2015
* “घर”, in राजस्थानी सबदकोस [rājasthānī sabadkos], charans.org, 2024

## Nepali
### Etymology

From a metathesized form of Sanskrit गृह (gṛha).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ɡʱʌ̤r]
* Phonetic Devanagari: घर्
* (locative) IPA: [ɡʱʌ̤ɾʌ]
* Phonetic Devanagari: घरअ

### Noun

घर • (ghar)
* house, home
* building
* family
* women's marital home
* marriage

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “घर”, in नेपाली बृहत् शब्दकोश (nepālī br̥hat śabdakoś) [Comprehensive Nepali Dictionary]‎, Kathmandu: Nepal Academy, 2018
* Schmidt, Ruth L. (1993) “घर”, in A Practical Dictionary of Modern Nepali, Ratna Sagar

## Old Gujarati
### Etymology

From a metathesized form of Sanskrit गृह (gṛha).

### Noun

घर • (ghara) m
* house, palace

#### Descendants

* Gujarati: ઘર (ghar)
* Marwari: घर (ghar)

## Pali
### Alternative forms

* ghara (Latin script)
* 𑀖𑀭 (Brahmi script)
* ঘর (Bengali 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

घर n
* Devanagari script form of ghara (“house”)