गोबर

Hindi

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀕𑁄𑀯𑁆𑀯𑀭 (govvara), 𑀕𑁄𑀯𑀭 (govara), from Sanskrit गोर्वर (gorvara).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ɡoː.bəɾ/, [ɡoː.bɐɾ]

Noun

गोबर • (gobar) m (Urdu spelling گوبر)

1. cow-dung

   Hypernym: मल (mal)

Declension

Declension of गोबर (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	गोबर gobar	गोबर gobar
oblique	गोबर gobar	गोबरों gobarõ
vocative	गोबर gobar	गोबरो gobaro

Descendants

• → English: gobar
• → Gujarati: ગોબર (gobar)

Further reading

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “गोबर”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 278