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South Asian earthen pot
The typical shape of a ghara
Ghara is an earthen pot made in the
Indian subcontinent . It is used for storing drinking water and keeping it cool.
[1]
[2]
The word ghara has
cognates in
Pahari ,
Bengali
[3] and
Odia languages that can all be traced to the
Sanskrit word ghaṭa meaning pot.
[4]
It is spelled in
Hindi : घड़ा ;
[5]
in
Nepali : घड़ा ghaṛā ;
[6]
in
Urdu : گھڑا ;
[7] in
Saraiki : دِلّا
[8]
and in
Punjabi : ਘਡ਼ਾ .
[9]
The word ghara is also used for the hollow bulbous protuberance on the snout of mature male
gharials (Gavialis gangeticus ) as it is shaped like a ghara. This protuberance enables them to emit a hissing sound that can be heard 75 m (246 ft) away.
[10]
References
^ Sikdar, M. & Chaudhuri, P. (2015).
"Pottery making tradition among the Prajapati community of Gujarat, India" . Eurasian Journal of Anthropology . 6 (1): 1–14. {{
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^ Shafeeq, M. (2014). "Crafts of Cholistan (Bahawalpur Punjab Pakistan)". International Journal of Scientific and Research Publications . 4 (8): 193–199.
^
"Bangladict.com - অভিধানে 'ঘড়া' এর অর্থ" . www.bangladict.com . Retrieved 2021-07-21 .
^ Parpola, A. (2011).
"Crocodile in the Indus Civilization and later South Asian traditions" (PDF) . In Osada, H.; Endo, H. (eds.). Linguistics, Archaeology and the Human Past . Kyoto, Japan: Indus Project Research Institute for Humanity and Nature. pp. 1–57.
ISBN
978-4-902325-67-6 .
^ Caturvedi, M. (1970).
"घ/ड़ा" . A practical Hindi-English dictionary . Delhi: National Publishing House. p. 186.
^ Turner, R. L. (1931).
"घड़ा ghaṛā" . A comparative and etymological dictionary of the Nepali language . London: K. Paul, Trench, Trubner. p. 153.
^ Platts, J. T. (1884).
"گهاٿ घाट" . A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English . London: W. H. Allen & Co. p. 929.
^
"دِلّا" , وکشنری , 2022-12-03, retrieved 2023-11-19
^ Singh, M. (1895).
"ਘਡ਼ਾ" . The Panjabi dictionary . Lahore: Munshi Gulab Singh & Sons. p. 382.
^ Biswas, S.; Acharjyo, L. N. & Mohapatra, S. (1977).
"A note on the protuberance or knob on the snout of male gharial, Gavialis gangeticus (Gmelin)" . Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society . 74 (3): 536–537.