હીરો

Gujarati

Pronunciation

• (Standard Gujarati) IPA^(key): /ˈɦi.ɾɔ/

Etymology 1

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀳𑀻𑀭𑀕 (hīraga), from Sanskrit हीरक (hīraka). Cognate with Assamese হীৰা (hira), Bengali হীরা (hira), Hindustani ہِیرَا / हीरा (hīrā), Marathi हिरा (hirā), Punjabi ہِیرَا / ਹੀਰਾ (hīrā), Sindhi هيِرو / हीरो (hīro).

Noun

હીરો • (hīro) m

1. diamond

   Synonym: અલમાસ (alamās)

2. a brilliant, shining man
3. (sarcastic) a fool, idiot

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English hero.

Noun

હીરો • (hīro) m (feminine હીરોઇન)

1. hero, somebody who possesses great bravery
2. hero, the protagonist in a work of fiction

Declension

Declension of હીરો
	Singular	Plural
nominative	હીરો (hīro)	હીરા (hīrā), હીરાઓ (hīrāo)
oblique	હીરા (hīrā)	હીરાઓ (hīrāo)
vocative	હીરા (hīrā)	હીરાઓ (hīrāo)
instrumental	હીરે (hīre)	હીરાએ (hīrāe)
locative	હીરે (hīre)	હીરે (hīre)

References

• “હીરો”, in Gujaratilexicon.com [Gujarati-English dictionary], Arnion Technologies, 2009.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “hīra”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 817