گھرانا

Urdu

Alternative forms

  • گھرانہ (gharāna)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit *घरायतन (gharāyatana), from घर (ghara, house) + आयतन (āyatana, home). Cognate with Punjabi ਘਰਾਨਾ (gharānā) / گھرانہ (ghrānh), Sindhi گھراڻو / घराणो, Marathi घराणे (gharāṇe).

Pronunciation

Noun

گَھرَانَا • (gharānā) m (Hindi spelling घराना)

  1. family, household
  2. lineage

Declension

Declension of گھرانا
singular plural
direct گَھرَانا (gharānā) گَھرَانے (gharāne)
oblique گَھرَانے (gharāne) گَھرَانوں (gharānõ)
vocative گَھرَانے (gharāne) گَھرَانو (gharāno)

Synonyms

References

  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “گهرانا”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*gharāyatana”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
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