गागर

Hindi

Alternative forms

• गागरी (gāgrī)

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀕𑀕𑁆𑀕𑀭𑀻 (gaggarī), from Sanskrit गर्गर (gargara, “a churn”), गर्गरी (gargarī, “a churn, a waterpot”), of onomatopoeic origin. Cognates include Kashmiri गाग॒॑रू॒ (gāga॒॑rū॒), Punjabi ਗਾਗਰ (gāgar), ਗਾਗਰੀ (gāgrī), Nepali गाग्रो (gāgro), गाग्रि (gāgri), Assamese গাগৰী (gagori), Bengali গাগরি (gagri), Odia ଗଗରା (gagarā), ଗାଗରି (gāgari), Bihari गगरा (gagarā), गगरी (gagarī), Maithili गागरी (gāgᵊrī), Bhojpuri गगरी (gagᵊrī), Awadhi गगरा (gagarā), गगरी (gagarī) and Gujarati ગાગર (gāgar).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ɡɑː.ɡəɾ/, [ɡäː.ɡɐɾ]
• Rhymes: -əɾ, -ɑː.ɡəɾ
• Hyphenation: गा‧गर

Noun

गागर • (gāgar) f (masculine गगरा, Urdu spelling گاگر)

1. a waterpot, an earthen pitcher

   Synonym: घड़ा (ghaṛā)

Declension

Declension of गागर (fem cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	गागर gāgar	गागरें gāgarẽ
oblique	गागर gāgar	गागरों gāgarõ
vocative	गागर gāgar	गागरो gāgaro

Derived terms

• गागर में सागर भरना (gāgar mẽ sāgar bharnā)

References

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “gargara”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 216
• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “गागर”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 1267
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “गागर”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 262
• Caturvedi, Mahendra, Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970) “गागर”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House, page 174