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घर्म

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Etymology

    Etymology tree
    Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰer-
    Proto-Indo-European *-mós
    Proto-Indo-Iranian *gʰarmás
    Sanskrit घ॒र्म (gharmá)bor.
    Hindi घर्म (gharm)

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

    Pronunciation

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

    Noun

    घर्म • (gharm) m (Urdu spelling گھرم)

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

    Declension

    More information singular, plural ...

    See also

    • घर्मी (gharmī)
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    Sanskrit

    Alternative scripts

    Alternative scripts
    • ঘৰ্ম (Assamese script)
    • ᬖᬃᬫ (Balinese script)
    • ঘর্ম (Bengali script)
    • 𑰑𑰨𑰿𑰦 (Bhaiksuki script)
    • 𑀖𑀭𑁆𑀫 (Brahmi script)
    • ဃရ်္မ (Burmese script)
    • ઘર્મ (Gujarati script)
    • ਘਰ੍ਮ (Gurmukhi script)
    • 𑌘𑌰𑍍𑌮 (Grantha script)
    • ꦓꦂꦩ (Javanese script)
    • 𑂐𑂩𑂹𑂧 (Kaithi script)
    • ಘರ್ಮ (Kannada script)
    • ឃម៌ (Khmer script)
    • ຆຣ຺ມ (Lao script)
    • ഘര്മ (Malayalam script)
    • ᢚᠠᡵᠮᠠ (Manchu script)
    • 𑘑𑘨𑘿𑘦 (Modi script)
    • ᠺᠾᠠᠷᠮᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
    • 𑦱𑧈𑧠𑧆 (Nandinagari script)
    • 𑐑𑐬𑑂𑐩 (Newa script)
    • ଘର୍ମ (Odia script)
    • ꢕꢬ꣄ꢪ (Saurashtra script)
    • 𑆔𑆫𑇀𑆩 (Sharada script)
    • 𑖑𑖨𑖿𑖦 (Siddham script)
    • ඝර්‍ම (Sinhalese script)
    • 𑩟𑩼 𑪙𑩴 (Soyombo script)
    • 𑚍𑚤𑚶𑚢 (Takri script)
    • க⁴ர்ம (Tamil script)
    • ఘర్మ (Telugu script)
    • ฆรฺม (Thai script)
    • གྷ་རྨ (Tibetan script)
    • 𑒒𑒩𑓂𑒧 (Tirhuta script)
    • 𑨎𑨫𑩇𑨢 (Zanabazar Square script)

    Etymology

      Etymology tree
      Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰer-
      Proto-Indo-European *-mós
      Proto-Indo-Iranian *gʰarmás
      Sanskrit घ॒र्म (gharmá)

      Inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian *gʰarmás, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰer- + *-mós.

      Cognate with Avestan 𐬔𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬨𐬀 (garəma, “hot; warmth”), Persian گرم (garm), Ancient Greek θερμός (thermós), Latin formus, furnus.

      Pronunciation

      Noun

      घ॒र्म • (gharmá) stem, m (root घृ)

      1. heat, warmth
        • c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 1.180.4:
          यु॒वं ह॑ घ॒र्मं मधु॑मन्त॒मत्र॑ये॒ऽपो न क्षोदो॑ऽवृणीतमे॒षे ।
          तद्वां॑ नरावश्विना॒ पश्व॑इष्टी॒ रथ्ये॑व च॒क्रा प्रति॑ यन्ति॒ मध्वः॑ ॥
          yuváṃ ha gharmáṃ mádhumantamátrayeʼpó ná kṣódoʼvṛṇītameṣé.
          tádvāṃ narāvaśvinā páśvaïṣṭī ráthyeva cakrā́ práti yanti mádhvaḥ.
          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

      More information singular, dual ...
      • ¹Vedic

      Descendants

      • Pali: ghamma
      • Prakrit: 𑀖𑀫𑁆𑀫 (ghamma) (see there for further descendants)
      Borrowed terms
      • → Hindustani: (learned)
      • → Gujarati: ઘર્મ (gharma) (learned)

      Further reading

      • Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2025), “gharma”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
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