ঘাড়

Bengali

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀖𑀸𑀟 (ghāḍa), from Sanskrit घाट (ghāṭa).^[1]

Pronunciation

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /ɡʱaɽ/, [ɡʱaɽ], /ɡʱaɾ/

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• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /ɡʱaɹ/, [ɡʱaɹ]

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Noun

ঘাড় • (ghaṛ)

1. neck^[2]

   Synonyms: গলদেশ (goldeś), গলা (gola), গ্রীবা (griba), গর্দান (gordan), কণ্ঠ (konṭho)

2. nape^[1]

   ঘাড়ের শির ― ghaṛer śir ― tendon of nape^[1]

Inflection

Inflection of ঘাড়
nominative	ঘাড় ghaṛ
objective	ঘাড় / ঘাড়কে ghaṛ (semantically general or indefinite) / ghaṛke (semantically definite)
genitive	ঘাড়ের ghaṛer
locative	ঘাড়ে ghaṛe
	Indefinite forms
nominative	ঘাড় ghaṛ
objective	ঘাড় / ঘাড়কে ghaṛ (semantically general or indefinite) / ghaṛke (semantically definite)
genitive	ঘাড়ের ghaṛer
locative	ঘাড়ে ghaṛe
	Definite forms
	singular		plural
nominative	ঘাড়টা , ঘাড়টি ghaṛṭa (colloquial), ghaṛṭi (formal)		ঘাড়গুলা, ঘাড়গুলো ghaṛgula (colloquial), ghaṛgulo (formal)
objective	ঘাড়টা, ঘাড়টি ghaṛṭa (colloquial), ghaṛṭi (formal)		ঘাড়গুলা, ঘাড়গুলো ghaṛgula (colloquial), ghaṛgulo (formal)
genitive	ঘাড়টার, ঘাড়টির ghaṛṭar (colloquial), ghaṛṭir (formal)		ঘাড়গুলার, ঘাড়গুলোর ghaṛgular (colloquial), ghaṛgulor (formal)
locative	ঘাড়টাতে / ঘাড়টায়, ঘাড়টিতে ghaṛṭate / ghaṛṭay (colloquial), ghaṛṭite (formal)		ঘাড়গুলাতে / ঘাড়গুলায়, ঘাড়গুলোতে ghaṛgulate / ghaṛgulay (colloquial), ghaṛgulote (formal)
Objective Note: In some dialects -রে (-re) marks this case instead of -কে (-ke).

Derived terms

• ঘাড়ানো (ghaṛanō)
• ঘাড় ভাঙা (ghaṛ bhaṅa)
• ঘাড় ব্যাথা (ghaṛ bêtha)

References

1. Haughton, Graves C. (1833) “ঘাড়; ঘাড়েৰ্‌শিৰ”, in A Dictionary, Bengálí and Sanskrit, Explained in English, and Adapted for Students of Either Language‎, London: J. L. Cox & Son, page 1017
2. Carey, William (1828) “Neck, s.”, in A Dictionary of the Bengalee Language‎, volume II, Serampore, page 261