ghora

English

Etymology

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Noun

ghora (plural ghoras)

  1. Alternative form of gora (“white person”).

Old Javanese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit घोर (ghora, “terrific, frightful, terrible, dreadful, violent, vehement; venerable, awful, sublime”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡora/
  • Rhymes: -ra
  • Homophone: gora
  • Hyphenation: gho‧ra

Adjective

ghora

  1. terrific, frightful, terrible, dreadful, violent, vehement

Derived terms

  • atighora
  • atimahāghora
  • ghorakarma
  • ghoramuśala
  • ghoranāda
  • ghorarūpa
  • ghoratara
  • mahāghora

Descendants

  • > Javanese: ꦒꦺꦴꦫ (gora) (inherited)

Further reading

  • "ghora" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts
  • 𑀖𑁄𑀭 (Brahmi script)
  • घोर (Devanagari script)
  • ঘোর (Bengali script)
  • ඝොර (Sinhalese script)
  • ဃောရ or ꧠေႃရ (Burmese script)
  • โฆร or โฆระ (Thai script)
  • ᨥᩮᩣᩁ (Tai Tham script)
  • ໂຆຣ or ໂຆຣະ or ໂຄລະ (Lao script)
  • ឃោរ (Khmer script)
  • 𑄊𑄮𑄢 (Chakma script)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit घोर (ghorá).

Adjective

ghora

  1. frightful
    • c. 50 BC, Petavatthu; republished in Prof. Minayeff, Petavatthu, London: Pali Text Society, 1888, page 6:
      8. Sapathañ ca maṃ kāresi paribhāsāpayi ca maṃ
      sāhaṃ ɡhorañ ca sapathaṃ musāvādaṃ abhāsissaṃ.
      8. She both made me swear an oath and had me reviled. And I myself told a lie under that terrible oath.

Declension

Declension table of "ghora" (masculine)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)ghoroghorā
Accusative (second)ghoraṃghore
Instrumental (third)ghorenaghorehi or ghorebhi
Dative (fourth)ghorassa or ghorāya or ghoratthaṃghorānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)ghorasmā or ghoramhā or ghorāghorehi or ghorebhi
Genitive (sixth)ghorassaghorānaṃ
Locative (seventh)ghorasmiṃ or ghoramhi or ghoreghoresu
Vocative (calling)ghoraghorā
Declension table of "ghora" (neuter)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)ghoraṃghorāni
Accusative (second)ghoraṃghorāni
Instrumental (third)ghorenaghorehi or ghorebhi
Dative (fourth)ghorassa or ghorāya or ghoratthaṃghorānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)ghorasmā or ghoramhā or ghorāghorehi or ghorebhi
Genitive (sixth)ghorassaghorānaṃ
Locative (seventh)ghorasmiṃ or ghoramhi or ghoreghoresu
Vocative (calling)ghoraghorāni
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