گاؤں

Urdu

Alternative forms

• گان٘و (gā̃o), گان٘وں (gā̃õ) (archaic)

Etymology

Inherited from Ashokan Prakrit 𑀕𑀸𑀫 (gāma), from Sanskrit ग्राम (grā́ma), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *grā́mas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *grā́mas, from Proto-Indo-European *(h₂)gróm-os, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ger- (“to assemble, gather together”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɡɑ̃ː.oː/, /ɡɑː.õː/

Noun

گاؤں • (gāõ) m or m pl (Hindi spelling गाँव)

1. village, hamlet
2. hometown

Synonyms

See Thesaurus:گاؤں

Further reading

• “گاؤں”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “گاؤں”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “گاؤں”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “grā́ma”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 235