Hindi edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Sanskrit घर्म (gharmá). Doublet of गर्म (garm), a borrowing from Persian.

Pronunciation edit

  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /ɡʱəɾm/, [ɡʱɐɾm]

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घर्म (gharmm (Urdu spelling گھرم)

  1. heat
  2. hot weather
  3. summer
  4. sunshine

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Etymology edit

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *gʰarmás (hot, warm; warmth, heat), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰor-mós, from *gʷʰer- (warm, hot). Cognate with Avestan 𐬔𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬨𐬀 (garəma, hot; warmth), Persian گرم (garm), Ancient Greek θερμός (thermós), Latin formus, furnus.

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घर्म (gharmá) stemm

  1. heat, warmth
    • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 1.180.4:
      युवं ह घर्मं मधुमन्तमत्रयेऽपो न क्षोदोऽवृणीतमेषे ।
      तद्वां नरावश्विना पश्वइष्टी रथ्येव चक्रा प्रति यन्ति मध्वः ॥
      yuvaṃ ha gharmaṃ madhumantamatrayeʼpo na kṣodoʼvṛṇītameṣe.
      tadvāṃ narāvaśvinā paśvaïṣṭī rathyeva cakrā prati yanti madhvaḥ.
      Ye made the fierce heat to be full of sweetness for Atri at his wish, like streaming water.
      Fire-offering thence is yours, O Aśvins, Heroes: your car-wheels speed to us like springs of honey.
  2. hot weather
  3. sunshine

Declension edit

Masculine a-stem declension of घर्म (gharmá)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative घर्मः
gharmáḥ
घर्मौ / घर्मा¹
gharmaú / gharmā́¹
घर्माः / घर्मासः¹
gharmā́ḥ / gharmā́saḥ¹
Vocative घर्म
ghárma
घर्मौ / घर्मा¹
ghármau / ghármā¹
घर्माः / घर्मासः¹
ghármāḥ / ghármāsaḥ¹
Accusative घर्मम्
gharmám
घर्मौ / घर्मा¹
gharmaú / gharmā́¹
घर्मान्
gharmā́n
Instrumental घर्मेण
gharméṇa
घर्माभ्याम्
gharmā́bhyām
घर्मैः / घर्मेभिः¹
gharmaíḥ / gharmébhiḥ¹
Dative घर्माय
gharmā́ya
घर्माभ्याम्
gharmā́bhyām
घर्मेभ्यः
gharmébhyaḥ
Ablative घर्मात्
gharmā́t
घर्माभ्याम्
gharmā́bhyām
घर्मेभ्यः
gharmébhyaḥ
Genitive घर्मस्य
gharmásya
घर्मयोः
gharmáyoḥ
घर्माणाम्
gharmā́ṇām
Locative घर्मे
gharmé
घर्मयोः
gharmáyoḥ
घर्मेषु
gharméṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic

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