گرگٹ
Urdu
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /ɡɪɾ.ɡɪʈ/
Noun
گِرْگِٹ • (girgiṭ) m (Hindi spelling गिरगिट)
- 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
| 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.