گاڑی

From Urdu گاڑی (gāṛī).

گاڑی (gāṛī)

1. car, automobile, vehicle

Inherited from Prakrit गड्ड (gaḍḍa) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀇𑀓𑀸- (-ikā-). Cognate with Punjabi گَڈِّی (gaḍḍī).

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɡɑː.ɽiː/
• Rhymes: -iː

گاڑی • (gāṛī) f (Hindi spelling गाड़ी)

1. car
2. carriage, wagon, cart
3. any four-wheeled motor vehicle (bus, truck)
4. any railed vehicle (train, tram)

• گھوڑا گاڑی (ghoṛā gāṛī, “horse-cart, horse-drawn wagon or chariot”)
• ریل گاڑی (rel gāṛī, “railcar”)

• → Dhivehi: ގާޑިޔާ (gāḍiyā)
• → English: gharry, garry, gharri, gharrie, garee
• → Gulf Arabic: قاري (gāri, “bicycle”), گاري
  • → Swahili: gari
    • → Chichewa: galimoto
    • → Kamba: ngali
    • → Kikuyu: ngari
    • → Luganda: eggaali
    • → Ma'di: gárĩ
    • → Maore Comorian: gari
    • → Meru: ngari
• → Kannada: ಗಾಡಿ (gāḍi)
• → Pashto: ګاډی (gāḍay)
• → Persian: گاری (gâri)

• “گاڑی”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “گاڑی”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2026.
• Platts, John T. (1884), “گاڑی”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 892

From Urdu گاڑی (gāṛī).

گاڑی (gāṛī)

1. car, automobile, vehicle