گاڑی

See also: گاری

Kalkoti

Noun

گاڑی (gāṛī)

1. car, vehicle

Shina

Etymology

From Urdu گاڑی (gāṛī).

Noun

گاڑی (gāṛī)

1. car, automobile, vehicle

Urdu

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀕𑀟𑁆𑀟 (gaḍḍa), 𑀕𑀟𑁆𑀟𑀻 (gaḍḍī), from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀕𑀸𑀟𑁆𑀟- (*gāḍḍa-). Cognate with Punjabi گَڈِّی (gaḍḍī).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɡɑː.ɽiː/
• Rhymes: -iː

Noun

گاڑی • (gāṛī) f (Hindi spelling गाड़ी)

1. car
2. carriage, wagon, cart
3. any four-wheeled motor vehicle (bus, truck)
4. any railed vehicle (train, tram)

Declension

Declension of گاڑی
	singular	plural
direct	گاڑی (gāṛī)	گاڑیاں (gāṛiyā̃)
oblique	گاڑی (gāṛī)	گاڑیوں (gāṛiyō̃)
vocative	گاڑی (gāṛī)	گاڑیو (gāṛiyō)

Related terms

• گھوڑا گاڑی (ghoṛā gāṛī, “horse-cart, horse-drawn wagon or chariot”)
• ریل گاڑی (rel gāṛī, “railcar”)

Descendants

• → Gulf Arabic: قاري (gāri)
• → English: gharry
• → Pashto: ګاډی
• → Persian: گاری (gâri)
• → Swahili: gari
  • → Chichewa: galimoto
  • → Kamba: ngali
  • → Kikuyu: ngari
  • → Maore Comorian: gari
  • → Meru: ngari

References

• “گاڑی”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “گاڑی”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
• Platts, John T. (1884) “گاڑی”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 892

Ushojo

Etymology

From Urdu گاڑی (gāṛī).

Noun

گاڑی (gāṛī)

1. car, automobile, vehicle