Punjabi

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Etymology

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Inherited from Sanskrit गर्भरूप (garbharūpa), a compound of गर्भ (garbha) +‎ रूप (rūpa).

Noun

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گَبّھرُو (gabbhrūm (Gurmukhi spelling ਗੱਭਰੂ) (colloquial)

  1. young man
    Synonym: جَوَان جَہان
  2. man; husband
    Synonyms: کَھسَم (khasam), خاوَند (xāvand)
  3. bridegroom

Further reading

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  • Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “گبھرو”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
  • ਗੱਭਰੂ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “garbharūpa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press