गबरू

गबरू

Hindi

Alternative forms

• गभरू (gabhrū)

Etymology

Two different theories have been proposed:

1. Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit [Term?], from Sanskrit गर्भरूप (garbharūpa, “a young person”). Cognate with Assamese গাভৰু (gabhoru) and Bengali গাভুর (gabhur).[1][2][3]
2. An adaptation of Persian خوبرو‎ (xubru, “fair-faced”) as suggested only by Dasa.[4]

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /ɡəb.ɾuː/

Adjective

गबरू • (gabrū) (Urdu spelling گبرو‎)

1. childish
2. young, juvenile

Declension

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Noun

गबरू • (gabrū) m (Urdu spelling گبرو‎)

1. teenager
2. bridegroom

Declension

Declension of गबरू (masc ū-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	गबरू gabrū	गबरू gabrū
oblique	गबरू gabrū	गबरुओं gabruõ
vocative	गबरू gabrū	गबरुओ gabruo

References

1. McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) , “गबरू”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
2. Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) , “garbharūpa (4057)”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
3. Platts, John T. (1884) , “गबरू”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & co.
4. Syamasundara Dasa (1965–1975) , “गबरू”, in Hindi Sabdasagara [Comprehensive Hindi Dictionary] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha.