Etymology

gharry

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Today it means: A wheeled cart or carriage, usually horsedrawn. Full definition →

Hindi गाड़ी ← Urdu گاڑی ← Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀕𑀟𑁆𑀟
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The story

  1. inc-ash · derived from*𑀕𑀸𑀟𑁆𑀟-
  2. Sauraseni Prakrit · derived from𑀕𑀟𑁆𑀟
  3. Urdu · borrowed fromگاڑی“wheeled cart, carriage; car, truck, bus”
  4. Hindi · borrowed fromगाड़ी
  5. English todaygharry

Borrowed from Hindi गाड़ी (gāṛī) / Urdu گاڑی (gāṛī, “wheeled cart, carriage; car, truck, bus”), from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀕𑀟𑁆𑀟 (gaḍḍa), 𑀕𑀟𑁆𑀟𑀻 (gaḍḍī), from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀕𑀸𑀟𑁆𑀟- (*gāḍḍa-).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.