گرگٹ

Urdu

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Noun

گِرْگِٹ • (girgiṭm (Hindi spelling गिरगिट)

  1. chameleon
    ارے ارے چلو، تم تو گرگٹ سے تیز رنگ بدلتے ہو
    Are are calo tum to girgiṭ se tez rang badalte ho
    Oh, come on! You change colors faster than a chameleon!

Declension

Declension of گرگٹ
singular plural
direct گِرْگِٹ (girgiṭ) گِرْگِٹ (girgiṭ)
oblique گِرْگِٹ (girgiṭ) گِرْگِٹوں (girgiṭõ)
vocative گِرْگِٹ (girgiṭ) گِرْگِٹو (girgiṭo)

Further reading

  • گرگٹ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2026.
  • Platts, John T. (1884), “گرگٹ”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.